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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 3997672" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I believe they are only expecting a <u>very slight increase</u> in the doe harvest to be attributed to going from a 3 to a 2-buck limit. In fact, almost every aspect about going from a 3 to a 2-buck limit was seen as a very minor "carburetor adjustment" (at least in terms of deer management), overall making only a small difference, but overall more positive than negative. These small annual improvements to both herd health and hunter success are "cumulative", and won't be more fully realized until after a 3 to 5-year timeframe.</p><p></p><p>I wish we could get Chuck Yoest posting on TNdeer.com, as I believe he could add much needed insight to our statewide deer management.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That was a <em>TOTALLY DIFFERENT DYNAMIC</em>, and was also about 18 years ago (1998 when we went from an 11 to a 2-buck limit). Prior to 1998, almost all TN deer hunting had been in a "buck only" environment. Hunters were just beginning to "warm up" to the idea of shooting a doe, having been instructed for decades it was "taboo". And at about this time, deer regs were liberalizing the "antlerless" hunting opportunities. All the stars aligned just right to cause many hunters for the first time ever, to believe it was ok to kill a doe in 1998. But a year later in 1999, the doe were much more hunter-wary, seeming to realize they could no longer walk around hunters all day with impunity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 3997672, member: 1409"] I believe they are only expecting a [u]very slight increase[/u] in the doe harvest to be attributed to going from a 3 to a 2-buck limit. In fact, almost every aspect about going from a 3 to a 2-buck limit was seen as a very minor "carburetor adjustment" (at least in terms of deer management), overall making only a small difference, but overall more positive than negative. These small annual improvements to both herd health and hunter success are "cumulative", and won't be more fully realized until after a 3 to 5-year timeframe. I wish we could get Chuck Yoest posting on TNdeer.com, as I believe he could add much needed insight to our statewide deer management. That was a [i]TOTALLY DIFFERENT DYNAMIC[/i], and was also about 18 years ago (1998 when we went from an 11 to a 2-buck limit). Prior to 1998, almost all TN deer hunting had been in a "buck only" environment. Hunters were just beginning to "warm up" to the idea of shooting a doe, having been instructed for decades it was "taboo". And at about this time, deer regs were liberalizing the "antlerless" hunting opportunities. All the stars aligned just right to cause many hunters for the first time ever, to believe it was ok to kill a doe in 1998. But a year later in 1999, the doe were much more hunter-wary, seeming to realize they could no longer walk around hunters all day with impunity. [/QUOTE]
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