The object of the tags is to generate money and to thin out the Deer in a controlled way to prevent over forage and the spread of disease. If they decide the herd is getting too thin they can limit the number of tags next year.

Does it really make any difference whose tag goes on which Deer? Only a percentage of tags are filled each year anyway, plus or minus a few Deer isn't going to have much impact in the short term.

We do it a completely different here, a shooting plan/quota is set at the beginning of the year for each parcel of land. The object is to harvest out the Deer, by age group, in a controlled manner. You report at the end of the season. If you fail to shoot your quota for two years running. they send in a paid hunter to harvest your Deer. An overseer keeps track of the game numbers. They've worked out the fine points long ago, they have been doing it this way for 500 years. The up side is we have a nine month season.