I do agree that the Alt's plan is focused on the reduction of the herd as a whole, but another part of his program is to increase the percentage of bucks in the herd. Before you on about buck:doe ratios, I'm fully aware that our ratios in this state arent' nearly as bad as everyone thinks. I do however think they are worse than 1:2.1. I have read studies that state it's basically impossible to have any worse than 1:4 ratio
That is why Alt's herd reduction plan is failing. He is pointing hunters in two directions at the same time and it doesn't work. He is emphasizing more and bigger buck to promote AR, so more guys hold off on shooting doe in hopes of getting that big buck. Many pass on small deer until late in the season and then find that they can't find a mature doe so the tag goes unfilled and the herd continues to grow.
In 1990 ,with 806 K tags we harvested 245K anterless deer from a smaller herd in 3 days. Compare that with the anterless harvest for 2003 when they announce it and tell me if Alt's plan to reduce the herd is working as good as the previous plan.