I have been hunting some public land in western Howard County and Carrol County. I have seen deer but most of them have been young and small. These same places have had big does the past two years. It is kinda strange. Maybe the last couple of winters have been hard on them. The doe have been around 70 pounders and the few spikes I have seen have been around 90-100 pounds. I find it hard to shoot a doe smaller than 80-90 pounds but I think I'm going to start. That is all I have seen this season and I haven't taken a shot yet. I'm not shooting a buck smaller than a nice eight. Figure I will try to weed out the does and let the small boys grow up for next year.