the fish and game is not a perfect agency. what gov entity is?
sometimes they can be a bit slow lowering # OF TAGS and herd gets decimated because of it. let's face it , money is their first priority not the game nor the hunters.
there is a saying here, " if fish and game were put in charge of managing a beach, there would soon be no sand to be found."
sadly that is true ,though not entirely their fault.most hunters would cry about how little game there is , even while shooting the very last doe.
that said, they are also the best we have, until someone has a better idea. without these agencies , we would no longer have anything to hunt, period. that is the truth many(not all or even most but many) hunters wish to ignore in there hatred of regs.
it is commendable for hunters to limit themselves to less then what is legal, when they see the herds declining. but reality is until fish and game lowers limits , a couple hunters restraining themselves, though their intentions are good and right, is going to do little in the way of saving the herd. because the reality is most do not even think about such things until it is to late.
thus the need for management agencies.