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<blockquote data-quote="Jared" data-source="post: 2835402" data-attributes="member: 3725"><p>No....Our state's deer management strategy isn't to just produce mature bucks. Increasing average age class of bucks harvested is one of the goals. however keeping up with the population growth of the herd is also a factor. A season without the legal buck harvest would cut the harvest totals roughly by half. Most of us believe that harvesting more does is a superior herd management strategy, but would the hunters shoot the same amount of deer by just taking does? Most likely not. My opinion is that a substantial drop in the overall harvest numbers would impact our state in a negative way such as vehicle collisions and agricultural losses. In a perfect world where the hunters picked up the slack by doubling the doe harvest this should in turn make the buck:doe ratios shift and create better breeding competition which would make the rut hunts better, it would allow a lot of deer to grow older and with age being the number one limiting factor in growing bigger antlers this would be great. However I feel the state is doing a better job of promoting letting young bucks grow as is the whole country is seeing the major shift in hunters mentality about harvesting bucks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jared, post: 2835402, member: 3725"] No....Our state's deer management strategy isn't to just produce mature bucks. Increasing average age class of bucks harvested is one of the goals. however keeping up with the population growth of the herd is also a factor. A season without the legal buck harvest would cut the harvest totals roughly by half. Most of us believe that harvesting more does is a superior herd management strategy, but would the hunters shoot the same amount of deer by just taking does? Most likely not. My opinion is that a substantial drop in the overall harvest numbers would impact our state in a negative way such as vehicle collisions and agricultural losses. In a perfect world where the hunters picked up the slack by doubling the doe harvest this should in turn make the buck:doe ratios shift and create better breeding competition which would make the rut hunts better, it would allow a lot of deer to grow older and with age being the number one limiting factor in growing bigger antlers this would be great. However I feel the state is doing a better job of promoting letting young bucks grow as is the whole country is seeing the major shift in hunters mentality about harvesting bucks. [/QUOTE]
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