#1 - The buck harvest is lower because alot of marginal bucks get away because conscientious hunters cannot assess them in time to make a shot, And as a consequence would rather just shoot a doe and go home.

#2 - The same guys who claimed they shot 15 does in their household only for "the good of the herd" and no other reason, are now outraged when the herd is reduced effectively and hunting becomes hunting again and not "shooting".

#3 - Everywhere I go I see alot more bucks and bigger bucks, and quite a few doe too.

#4 - Anyone remember the good old days of one deer per hunter per year? Was deer hunting a waste of time then?

#5 - What does the hunting public want? I don't think they (we) even know. When deer hunting becomes the equivalent of "reach in the water and take a couple of trout home" day, hunting is doomed.