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Old 09-19-2013, 10:52 AM
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Jakester136
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Originally Posted by lukec19834
We think were having a over population of doe's by personal sightings and by trail camera. Also the rut has been real non aggressive and lazy what happens to the deer herd and the bucks we always seem to have the little guy by us and no mature bucks on camera ! is this what happens ?
Basically yes, I would fill all your tags and ask the other hunters who share your property too as well, donate the meat if necessary if its more than you can handle. Maybe even invite some friends that don't have a place to hunt to harvest some meat doe's too. Here in Indiana our state parks had some severe overpopulation problems and opened them up to hunters to help.
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