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Oh yeah...and the whole antler restriction debate... if you follow it...its more of a Upper State VS. Lower State thing....most of the Upper state wants restrictions....lower state doesn't....its pretty much a tug of war....

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ORIGINAL: StrutNtom

Fisrst of all. Where in SC are all of ya'll from?Right now, I live in Williamsburg county.

And to answer your "open season" question. How more open do you want it? We get personal tags, state doe days, club tags, if you are a farmer you can also get a permit to kill them. Don't get me wrong...i agree 100% that our buck to doe ratio is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY out of control. It has almost gotten to the point to where I want to (legally) shoot every doe I see.

Im from dillon county.

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ORIGINAL: StrutNtom

Oh yeah...and the whole antler restriction debate... if you follow it...its more of a Upper State VS. Lower State thing....most of the Upper state wants restrictions....lower state doesn't....its pretty much a tug of war....

Really i wouldnt care. We dont shoot anything less than mature 8s or those messed up buck, we try to take them out.

I am from Marlboro County.

And actually, you should care. And care a lot. Espically if you are trying to "trophy" manage your land.
Being from Dillon county, espically if you hunt on the Marlboro/Dillon line, Does are very over populated.

As for the antler restrictions. i am not really for them b/c I think a hunter should be able to take what he wants, but I am in favor of a heavily enforced buck limit. I think that we should try out a program like Maryland has. You get your first buck free. Then you have to kill two does to get to kill your next buck. (i think thats how it goes). that would really help out our doe problem.

One reason that its tied up with the whole Lower State VS upper state is that the upper state doesn't really dog hunt. The lower does. and i hate it say it, but until SC makes a decision about the whole issue, we are going to be stuck with bucks that never reach their potential.

will we ever have mid-western deer? NO! but we could have 140, 160, and maybe even 170 class bucks. Over the few years there have been several in the high 130's around my area.

Oh yeah....most of my hunting is done in Chesterfield county now...

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ORIGINAL: StrutNtom

I am from Marlboro County.

And actually, you should care. And care a lot. Espically if you are trying to "trophy" manage your land.

I meant that i have no problem with the antler restrcitions law. And also thats the first ive heard about the maryland law but, it does sound like a very good program.

What club do you hunt at?

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ORIGINAL: StrutNtom

Fisrst of all. Where in SC are all of ya'll from?Right now, I live in Williamsburg county.

Sandy Run, Calhoun County I hunt around home mostly, but we do go to the Santee refuges and WMAs some. My wife and I both buy the doe permits and after Sept. 15, it's on. I usually try and take out those older alpha does that stand back in the bushes and blow and stomp everytime their group shows up. One that I finally got at the end of lastseason had been the #1 most wanted for at least two years and was as wary as any buck I've seen.

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ORIGINAL: StrutNtom

What club do you hunt at?

I hunt leased private land. I used to hunt at a club called barney gum pond. I think thats the name of it.

H O R RY C O U N T Y!!!!! FOR ME.