And the only unfortunate effect of harvesting BB is the poor sportsman who doesn't indentify their target before pulling the trigger. It's not hard to distinguish a BB from a mature doe, ever, given experience and with modern scopes that the majority uses...it's even easier. Too many morons with the brown it's down attitude, taking running shots on animals that they shouldn't be taking or extending their shooting range beyond their abilities.
It is ridiculous to call anyone that harvests any legal deer in accordance with the regulations ,a poor sportsman. If the PGC really didn't want hunters to harvest BB they would have made them a protectected class of deer , just like bucks with less than 3 pts. on on side. The simple fact is you are only fooling yourself if you think saving BB will stop the declining buck harvests, while the goal is to reduce the herd by over 50%. Buck harvests declined 30% due to AR with a herd that was increasing. Saving BB and shooting adult doe only accelerates herd reduction and will increase the rate of decrease in the buck harvest.