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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 1671182" data-attributes="member: 5412">I'm on my phone, so can't do any research to post a link, but I read a report awhile back that looked at one of the states in the SE part of the country, that started with a 9 day gun season, then as the deer population exploded they progressed to 16 days, thirty, and finally 100 days with no limits on does. During the progression, they kept track of the number of days hunters spent in the field, as well as the average harvest per hunter as the limits opened up. At the conclusion of the study, they found that hunter days in the field were almost identical, and the harvest per hunter only got slightly higher. I remember the wailing and crying when Ok announced the 16 day season. It was going to be the end of deer hunting as we know it according to some. Even with our gun season being in the rut, our bucks continue to get bigger. All I have to do is look at the deer pics in this forum to know that.</blockquote>