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<blockquote data-quote="fairchaser" data-source="post: 5783743" data-attributes="member: 10373"><p>That's an excellent question Bgoodman! Truthfully, we've backed off shooting as many does but seems it's too little too late. The does are scared to death and are more nocturnal than the bucks. Fifteen hunts and only had one, yes one chance to kill one. I passed. We are killing younger bucks with no antler restrictions present but overall we have killed fewer bucks too. In fact, we have killed fewer deer overall by 30-50% than in prior years to CWD. One thing that has changed is the kill ratio of bucks to does. Used to be 2 to 1 and more like 1 to 1 now. </p><p></p><p>I still think it would be bad because we just haven't slaughtered deer as the TWRA wanted. The only thing I can blame on the lower population is CWD and the early practice of killing too many does. I think this was a management mistake and the population just hasn't bounced back with CWD now weighing on the herd. </p><p></p><p>I just don't see how anything can get any better from here. But I do think we could go 3 years and not shoot a single doe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fairchaser, post: 5783743, member: 10373"] That’s an excellent question Bgoodman! Truthfully, we’ve backed off shooting as many does but seems it’s too little too late. The does are scared to death and are more nocturnal than the bucks. Fifteen hunts and only had one, yes one chance to kill one. I passed. We are killing younger bucks with no antler restrictions present but overall we have killed fewer bucks too. In fact, we have killed fewer deer overall by 30-50% than in prior years to CWD. One thing that has changed is the kill ratio of bucks to does. Used to be 2 to 1 and more like 1 to 1 now. I still think it would be bad because we just haven’t slaughtered deer as the TWRA wanted. The only thing I can blame on the lower population is CWD and the early practice of killing too many does. I think this was a management mistake and the population just hasn’t bounced back with CWD now weighing on the herd. I just don’t see how anything can get any better from here. But I do think we could go 3 years and not shoot a single doe. [/QUOTE]
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