Very good points Charlie P. I think there will be a decent increase in the number of people who will take advantage of this to harvest antlerless deer. Like you I wouldn't have a problem sharing the woods during that time, but how many deer could you have taken this year while bowhunting from 150 yards? 20?30? more? Like shooting fish in a barrel I would say.
My other problem is taking the does before the rut really kicks in can be nothing but counterproductive for harvesting a buck the first 2 weeks of November after "halftime" in bowseason. Patterns are likely to change if there is a substantial # of ML hunters that take advantage of this. Just doesn't make sense to me.

Does anyone know the reasoning behind it?