What is the percentage of does taken each year? Cardeer, once again...I agree with you 100%. We are whacking a ton of does now, many of which are being bred by bucks, some of alpha bucks. The hunter then shoots that doe, thus eliminating the genes from that buck. It has happened all along, but I think its a more prevelent now.

Yes, I feel the buck harvest will continue to dwindle. The ones killed with be nicer racks, but there will be far fewer bucks taken. Fewer surviving does with yeild fewer new bucks into the herd the following year.

Simple math.