Well it would certainly balance the herd as far as buck/doe now wouldn't it and making hunters more respondsible for their bullet is obviously a good thing and in turn I feel they would actually pass more doe to make sure of a correct harvest...no more shooting across fields at running deer, no more if it's brown, it's down mentalities which in turn makes the woods safer.

And 2.5 + bucks wouldn't lessen, they would increase especially initially because their will be that many more 1.5 years olds in the woods the following year not to mention the existing 1.5 and 2.5+ bucks that would survive because a hunter burned his tag on a bb...then in a year. Competition will be tighter for buck breeding rights, deer will be able to be hunted as they should be.....

None of this is rocket science, what do you think the major monster buck areas of this country have been doing for years.....

Why is it so important to have a deer behind every tree.....I purposely go without a deer certain years looking for that "special" one that makes my hunt memorable be it buck or doe, large or small.....I've bought doe tags the last 2 years and didn't fill them...not because I couldn't but because I chose to, I've passed bucks and does numerous times and didn't fill either my tags...this year I took a 3.5 year old buck in archery and passed many does without filling my doe tag...I even have a muzzle tag but decided not to go out....next year I might take two doe and no buck or one buck and two doe or none...it doesn't make me a bad hunter and it doesn't lessen the hunt for me. I don't have to harvest an animal to be a great hunter.

That's what's wrong with this state....too many "deer behind every tree", "if it's brown it's down" and "I have to get my buck" mentalilties.