I like to start a thread each week to get the view-points of my fellow hunters. It's nice to hear everyone talk about their day afield or talk equipment, but i like to make you think a little and pick your brains on ethical and situational items. Besides I got another week and a half before the archery season opens so I got nothing to report from my days afield.

So here goes:
I hunt in both Ohio and Pa. I have harvested 30 some bucks. I am more of a wall-hanger hunter now than in years past. (It comes with age and success, if your not there yet, I hope you will be someday) Anyway, for the past couple of years I have applied for and got my PA doe license. But i am yet to shoot a doe. I guess I was bought up not taking doe, and have a hard time doing so. Sure I've heard the, but it helps the herd, theory. I dunno if I buy into it. My killing one one doe is not significantly going to help the herd. True if everyone had my out-look we would have a serious problem, but most people are taking their doe. SO why do I buy a tag? Well the money helps the game commission and more importantly to me I use the doe tag as an insurance policy. In PA you are allowed 1 buck, and a doe if you get the extra tag. We have a camp in PA and it's been an important family tradition that the men go up to camp for Buck Season. It's the greatest week of the year. We Hunt hard all day, play cards at night all the typical male bounding stuff that helped me evolve into the man I am today, both, in and out of the woods. The doe tag insures that if I score in Archery season or opening day of rifle that I can hunt the rest of the week. If I am lucky enough to connect early, i can still go to the woods, with the others. Only, I tote my bow and doe hunt.
Last year I did not get a buck (I let 6 legal, but not trophy quality)walk opening day. So my doe tag went unfilled. Sure pegging a doe in PA with a rifle is not a real challenge and if you read my last controversial thread you'll know i'm not a meat hunter, so I wasted the doe tag.

So let me hear it, thoughts, comments, any others share my view or hold me in a bad light because I could possibly waste a tag that could put meat on your table?