farm, you listed 2 reasons that make you wonder why the dept. wants t o try it, we have relatively low deer numbers and hunters. they keep cutting back on doe permits, so we must be rebuilding, yet want a program where they will issue additional permits. so on one hand, cut the permits, on the other, increase them????????? plus, they want to use antler restrictions( don' t know if by point or width, guessing point) but i have a list of articles that shows antler restrictions don' t work. i really don' t trust the dept head on this one, think he has a personal stake in it. yes, we do need to have state mandated rules, but we HAVE a healthy herd, we don' t have anything to gain on this one.