The Game and Fish Division sets the season and harvest numbers depending on the population of the herd. Winter kill, harvest numbers and spot population counts go into the decision. Your state has its own ideas, and politics may influence the decisions. We can shoot around 200 deer in a year legally and have had that number for a few years (nobody I know gets or wants anywhere near that number) because of our dense population. The mature management harvest bucks are usually in pens or large outfitter controlled leases and are usually large 8 points that they don' t think will develope into the desired trophy 12 point or larger bucks.