sox its simply a "southern thang". What we lack in size (compared to some of you yank staters) we make up for in numbers. Here in my section of western TN we can shoot 3 does per day each day of our firearms season. The season is appx 45 days so it adds up quickly. Thats not counting the dozen plus we can take with other arms like bows and muzzleloaders. Plus many like myself, travel out of state.

Conservatively I have killed nearly 200 deer in my 20 years of chasing em. I would say that appx 25% of that figure was bucks (many killed while I was younger and shot the first thing that came along, now my typical minimum is 150inches) so the rest are does for mgmt which despite our best efforts, are STILL growing yearly.

I'm "da deercommander"... whack em all jack!
RA