Because in some places doe tags are not easy to get. Or aren't in season period.
I'm very much so against antler restrictions, even though I've seen their "benefit" in Pennsylvania.
I passed ten illegal bucks the first two days of season before seeing a legal one and shot the legal five point.
I would have gladly shot doe, but they were not in season. So I counted points until I saw a three on one side legal buck, then I shot him.
I would have been just as happy shooting one of the 4 illegal ones I saw before lunch time the first day though as well.
AR have definitely improved the size of bucks in the state though. I cannot deny that. I see more, bigger bucks now than ever before.
I know guys who routinely pass deer that would have been the talk of the area twenty years ago.
-Jake