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<blockquote data-quote="Buzzgun" data-source="post: 1996442" data-attributes="member: 4715"><p>Thanks for the response, it's about what I expected, as you have said, you are CHOOSING not to shoot immature bucks! The improvements you are seeing are not because the state has changed the rules, it's because YOU have decided to protect the smaller bucks.</p><p></p><p>As I said before, and you have confirmed here, the problem in many areas isn't a lack of bucks, it's too many does, and you can't fix that problem by shooting fewer bucks, you must kill more does. </p><p></p><p>A couple of years ago, I was hunting as a guest in western Oklahoma, we went to a local place for lunch and happened to strike up a conversation with a local farmer. He was telling us how there were too many deer and told us to kill a bunch, he said there would be over 100 deer on his wheat every evening. We offered to come over and shoot some DOES, oh, no, he didn't allow any hunting........and he wonders why he has problems!!! </p><p></p><p>On my property, we don't have too many does, in fact, I see about as many bucks as does. We also don't have too many deer, if the state forced me to take a doe before I could take a buck, it would actually hurt the deer population on my place. Five years ago, we saw very few deer, now, I am working hard to improve the habitat and it's paying off. </p><p></p><p>That's the problem with a "one size fits all" management plan, it just doesn't work everywhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buzzgun, post: 1996442, member: 4715"] Thanks for the response, it's about what I expected, as you have said, you are CHOOSING not to shoot immature bucks! The improvements you are seeing are not because the state has changed the rules, it's because YOU have decided to protect the smaller bucks. As I said before, and you have confirmed here, the problem in many areas isn't a lack of bucks, it's too many does, and you can't fix that problem by shooting fewer bucks, you must kill more does. A couple of years ago, I was hunting as a guest in western Oklahoma, we went to a local place for lunch and happened to strike up a conversation with a local farmer. He was telling us how there were too many deer and told us to kill a bunch, he said there would be over 100 deer on his wheat every evening. We offered to come over and shoot some DOES, oh, no, he didn't allow any hunting........and he wonders why he has problems!!! On my property, we don't have too many does, in fact, I see about as many bucks as does. We also don't have too many deer, if the state forced me to take a doe before I could take a buck, it would actually hurt the deer population on my place. Five years ago, we saw very few deer, now, I am working hard to improve the habitat and it's paying off. That's the problem with a "one size fits all" management plan, it just doesn't work everywhere. [/QUOTE]
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