It is hunting hand's down .I hunt on 500 acr and got 2 deer this year with 10 day's of hunting .my friend was out there with me the same amount of time and saw 2 deer killed 0 but he sleep in and didn't get in his wood time .in mo we can take as many doe with a rifle as u would like. the land i hunt on is in part of the state that has a sec week of doe hunting with rifle and i was in at 6am and hunted most of the day for one week end didn't see one deer for sure . unless you have one in a cage your not sure you will see a deer in deer season