What are you looking for in a deer hunting experience?
Do you want to shoot bucks?
Do you want to fill your freezer regardless of what sex it is?
You complain of high density and then complain about no shooting opportunities except at BB.
Like I said, I don't get what you are getting at.
Please explain what conditions you would like to see come about.
1. I was quite satisfied with the hunting we had before , when we had a reasonable chance of harvesting either an antlered buck or a doe.
2. I don't have to fill my freezer , but we do like venison and the sex really doesn't matter that much. Bucks just add a little more excitement to the hunt.
3. I do not complain about high deer density. I think the area we hunt can support the deer we have , but my neighbors disagree and we do have a fair number of road kills ,so the herd definitely has to be controled at or below it's current levels.
Remember , I am discussing these issues based on Alt's plans and his OWDD goals. I am simply pointing out the conflict between implementing AR while trying to reduce the herd by 50%. I am also pointing out the vast differences in the effects of Alt's plan , in various areas of the state.
My position is that AR should never have been implemented statewide when the herd was 50% above the goal OWDD. AR's should only be implemented in WMU's that are within 20% of their goal OWDD ,after 60% of the hunters vote to approve AR. Furthermore, the OWDD goals should be updated to include all of the habitat that the deer use to survive ,rather than just forested habitat. That would increase the OWDD goals to 21 or 22 DPSM instead of 13 DPSM and that would mean we would only have to reduce the herd statewide by 15% instead of 50%.