Why stop with the doe?
#1
Why stop with the doe?
I will be for no doe hunting only if you shut down buck hunting also. Hey maybe we could only hunt in the leap year. Then everybody should be happy. You will see more deer and bigger buck. Best of both worlds. Right! LOL
#2
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Maine
Posts: 3,555
RE: Why stop with the doe?
I respectfully disagree. If you only hunt every 4th year the populations will explode and surpass the carring capacity of the land. End result is a sick and starving herd, not more and bigger deer. Maybe for a few years there will be more deer but I doubt very much they will bigger or healthier.
I get your point though. Practicing QDM requires shooting does.
I get your point though. Practicing QDM requires shooting does.
#5
RE: Why stop with the doe?
Yeah I am sure you heard and read of all the complaining here in PA. Its a mess down here right now. Everybody has there ways of how our deer herd should be handled. I think we should leave it to the experts that have a clue. I dont agree on every change that has happend but I will back it. At least they are trying to make a healthier deer herd instead of leaving it the way it was. And if what they are doing doesn't work we can always try something else. The way people talk you would think deer are going to become on the endangered species list.
#6
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Williamsport PA. USA
Posts: 91
RE: Why stop with the doe?
Show me an unhealthy deer in the years before AR. Unless the winter was severe which we havent had many in a while there never was an issue with unhealthy deer. As for the way it was if things were so bad explain the increase in the deer herd every year.
#9
RE: Why stop with the doe?
IMO as many others... A healthy deer herd is quality not quantity. Just my opinion I know others think the opposite. But think about it you have to many trees in a forest. You cut some down. All the other trees that are standing become healthier. Right?