I get about 15 packs of burger,2 long backstraps, and a lot of jerky/roast/stew meat out of one of the little fellas .

I, along with others, haven't been excited about shooting small, young bucks for years now so I quit....I quit shooting them anyway. I still get excited seeing them but wait for their elders before squeezing the trigger. When I no longer get excited at the prospect of taking that caliber of buck I'll hang it all up.

...but I would fully support the earn a buck program & to encourage the harvest of more does and being more selective on older bucks.

I would too, if that were needed. However, in much of Unit L, under the current regulations, doe harvests are adequate (45+% of the harvest is female), the sex ratio is adequate and buck age structure is constantly improving.

But again, if it were biologically necessary, I would support many other options.

I agree BSK, unit L is doing ok with the current reg's. Consider this example. Bridge-stone WMA in white county where I live, has been flooded with hunters over the last five years that will shoot any deer with a 3 inch antler. This area in the past has produced some really nice bucks. The flip side is, no one will shoot a doe! I quite hunting there three years ago because of this. Last bow season I went back in just to take does. I took three does in three weekends, had cameras out for three months prior to opening day and only had pics of one small buck. Starting last season, we now have an 8 point restriction on this WMA. I hope this will help bring the age class back up for the bucks. I guess it will take a few years. Currently I am hunting 2.5 hours away in west Tn. Sure will be nice to hunt closer to home for a mature buck again!