I would say that the majority of folks obey the laws. In my opinion folks who would bend a 1 buck limit would bend any limit no matter how large or small.

People are either poachers or not in other words.

Do you think considering TN is #3 and KY #4 in the top 10 poorest states in the U.S. that it plays a role in poaching? Deer would make a good meal for families needing food..?

Sure, I here single rifle shots all the time when I am in the mtns grouse hunting, turkey hunting, or working on our project.

But the poaching I am sure has a larger impact on Does then it does bucks. JMHO.

The one buck limit has got to cause more poaching than our 3 buck limit.

The one buck limit has got to cause more poaching than our 3 buck limit.

Same as TN has a 3 buck limit.

I'd say when you look at the total big picture, whether the buck limit is 1, 2, 3, or 11 --- it makes little difference.

Poachers don't obey laws.
Many if not most deer are poached outside the season, too.

What I can say for sure is that a 3-buck limit will result in the death of more bucks annually than a 1-buck limit, for no other reason than most people do have some respect for the rule of law.

Im sure a 1 buck limit in Tn would cause more poaching. It is a completely unnecessary restriction that's only purpose would be to quite a few. Many hunters would see it as just that and ignore bag limits.

I honestly believe that the push to go to a 1 or 2 buck limit has much to do with limiting hunters time in the woods/ pressure on deer and very little to do with the number of bucks killed.

A 2 buck limit would amount to a drop in a bucket, since very few hunters kill 3 bucks a year anyway.

i totally agree.I don't see why people think a 2 buck limit is going to change it that much.

Yep... Some people can't except the truth... They believe that lowering limits would improve things and everybody would kill BIG BUCKS... Can't wait until they close deer season down for a few years and we all can kill big bucks.

Yep... Some people can't except the truth... They believe that lowering limits would improve things and everybody would kill BIG BUCKS... Can't wait until they close deer season down for a few years and we all can kill big bucks.

Poachers aren't poaching to feed anything but their ego.

I dont think everyone will kill BIG BUCKS,I think everyone will have a better "chance" at killing a big buck.

No doubt, poaching goes on in every state and in every county. However, not all people are poachers. In fact, the vast majority of true hunters hunt by the law. I can't believe what I'm reading on this thread. Sounds as though, some impressionable people, who might stumble onto this thread, would/could actually perceive that it would be OK to do this; since there appears to be a ton of people doing it already. No, I hunt by the books, and I insist on this practice by anybody and everybody that is on a lease with me, period! If this thread is intended to somehow bash the KDFWR, then shame on you. If not, then I apologize. I choose to pay the price for the higher license and the higher lease prices in Ky. each and every year; because, IMO, I have a better chance at harvesting the caliber of deer that I am looking for there.....not because they have telechek!

Don't forget the poachers that are legally hunting but for some reason they decide not to check one in, once they get home (hunting camp). I have had several friends that hunt KY and this is there biggest complaint...

I dont think everyone will kill BIG BUCKS,I think everyone will have a better "chance" at killing a big buck.

TOW -

You must not have been around here a few months ago. There were some folks claiming the Indiana OBR was the greatest management move ever to occur in that state. That single move protected more bucks and produced more booners than anything else. It was quite an enjoyable debate.

(FYI - You are right on, I called and spoke to Chad Stewart, Indiana's head deer biologist. He too said they couldn't tell what difference the OBR made because their data was already trending in that direction. It was a move that was not recommended by the biologists, it was put in place by other folks.)

Got a link to that "Enjoyable Debate"?

Like I have said here for years! Any time a small group of individuals, can show up at a single meeting, one weekday out of the year, and get changes made to the entire states seasons/bag limits/etc. Whether they be good or bad, or in the favor of the state biologist/employees that are paid to make these very decisions, is a very flawed system.

Like I have said here for years! Any time a small group of individuals, can show up at a single meeting, one weekday out of the year, and get changes made to the entire states seasons/bag limits/etc. Whether they be good or bad, or in the favor of the state biologist/employees that are paid to make these very decisions, is a very flawed system.

Look at the very bottom of page 5 here: Indiana Discussion That's where it all began.

Do you think considering TN is #3 and KY #4 in the top 10 poorest states in the U.S. that it plays a role in poaching? Deer would make a good meal for families needing food..?

Seems like this went from a question about Kentucky to a discussion about limit changes and politics in Indiana. Oh well now we can start the Kentucky vs. Indiana debate, that will be nice ! Maybe I misunderstood the title question, but I thought it meant do you think that all hunters in Kentucky only shoot 1 buck each, not do you agree or disagree with a 1 buck limit.

[LOL..... the OBR does seem to get a lot of attention doesn't it?

I hunt KY too and I can say that they have a disapportioned amount of game outlaws.





I totally agree !!! The farm we hunt in Ky has a public gravel road that runs through it and during deer season about every 10 minutes you hear gravel turning and the local poachers are creepin' by tryin' to do a drive by. Its funny that same gravel road gets almost zero traffic the rest of the year.

Last year my buddy was hunting a stand in a hollow not far off of that road. His truck was parked on the side of the road at the edge of one of our fields. He heard a vehicle approach, then shots were fired, doors open and shut and talking. All of this was in sight of his vehicle.

We have also found gloves under one of our stands, but hey at least they got out of the vehicle ! The rural areas with gravel roads and the smaller country roads truly are a poachers paradise.