Why does Jersey continue with the January shotgun season which absolutely destroys any chance of building a quality buck herd the following season while at the same time pressuring the remaining deer during times of weather stress/etc.

Our ZOne 2 has seen a marked decrease in quality ever since we went to a weekly Jan shotgun season. Everyone complains about lack of quality but the January shotgun season sure does not help.

I emailed the state but they are sticking to their guns of "providing more hunter hours" blah, blah, "reducing does", blah, blah.

Look at the successful quality states for deer and not one has an endless shotgun season.

End the Jan slaughter please!!

Bob