Originally Posted by
DougE
The answer is very simple.Once the habitat gets degraded to the point is in many places,it takes very few deer to keep it that way or make it even worse.Most of these areas will never have high deer densities again,even with no doe hunting unless we have several mild winters and good mast crops.Still,unless the heard is kept very low,the habitat will never start to recover.That sucks but that's what happens when you have too many deer for too long.
This is what I mean about talking out both sides of your mouth. You said,
"Most of these areas will never have high deer densities again,even with no doe hunting unless we have several mild winters and good mast crops."
So why issue all the doe tags? If the land can't support a large deer herd, then there shouldn't be any growth in the deer population to worry about.
In other words, if there wasn't enough food, the deer would starve out. If the CC of the land were exceeded, deer would start starving or move to other areas.
My arguement is, there is enough food or the population wouldn't be able to grow at all.