Originally Posted by
bluebird2
you admitted you haven't been reading the Annual Wildlife Reports and that you have a limited knowledge of how our herd was managed prior to 2000.
I know exactly how deer were managed prior to 2000, its called traditional deer hunting. Very few, if any, does are harvested, and any legal buck, regardless of age or size, is shot. It's what persisted since the close of market hunting. Our herd was being "managed" by shooting 80% of our yearling bucks annually; and it was culturally frowned upon, even illegal at times, to shoot a doe....not very biologically sound.