We generally have too many does down here! East Texas doe seasons are too short, and they are early in the season! I believe that the state's theory on this is to take the does out early, so that when the food supply dwindles in winter, there will be fewer animals!
Might be a good theory, but our winters are not that bad, and not enough does are being taken, to balance the herd!

Nothing wrong harvesting a mature doe.

State limits and seasons are set to keep balance. I wil admit taht the deer populaiton in the US has gotten quite out of hand, but I think we should leave the decision making to the Fish and Game department.

I must say I stronglydisagree with this statement!
Not that Im suggesting that anyone should break the law, but the knowledge about the local deer populations is, or should at least be, greater among land owners and hunters so they are the ones that should be responsible for the tag limit decisions. I am convinced that land owners, lumped together into reasonably large areascan improve local herds in term of numbers, antler size and balance. Im sure you will agree that officials are simply doing their job and must take much larger areas into consideration at the expence of concern to a local situation. Whereas the localhunters know that they are the ones to benefit from good locally anchored management plans and will make decisions accordingly.

Sorry about the highjack.

In our state the G&F does a good job setting limits. Left to land owners, whats best for their wallet rules. I know from being both a hunter and land owner. Most land owners are good farmers but not experts in game management.

Like previously mentioned , nothing wrong harvesting a mature doe if the season permits...

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