Being from VT, and if you know the history of herd management in VT, you should recognize the potential for disaster that comes along with the Wildlife agency being influenced by political and other pressures that force herd management decisions not founded on biological data. VT was a case study in my one of wildlife management courses at UNH. From what you are saying (and I assume archery is either sex in some or all of the state), VT is trying to grow the herd these days. Not saying that's wrong, its been a long time since I hunted VT (25 years or so).