catfishrus
Twelve Pointer
My dog club has set its own harvest number per member since we had a member several years back to kill 4 deer in one day. It didn't bother me at all when he killed them deer. The guy doesn't hunt much but several members had a hissy fit. One in particular who wont kill a doe if the buck to doe ratio was a 100 to 1...he just wont kill a doe. It was his own complaining that got enough interest up to set a limit for the club outside of the states regulations. We went to a 2 buck limit and 2 does. The very next year he tagged out early. He killed two nice bucks but when he brought the second one in...he was upset about being tagged out. I tried to smooth it over for him but he said "I wasn't the one who was shooting the small ones". I let it go knowing in my own mind he was the exact one who was complaining and caused the club limit. Now he complaining again..so as far as I'm concerned ..new limits on a club wont stop people from complaining.
In my opinion..we really need to kill some does because we never really have killed many. Our kill records indicate we kill 30% does each year. I have very few if any days I hunt that I don't see deer. Now the two buck limit has put better bucks on the trail cameras for me(more 2.5 year bucks) but still we don't have no big rack bucks. Our soil just don't support big antlers. This year we lost 300 acres right in the middle of our club. It was sold. This will cut our club in half...so looking back now...what did we gain by saving a few deer?
In my opinion..we really need to kill some does because we never really have killed many. Our kill records indicate we kill 30% does each year. I have very few if any days I hunt that I don't see deer. Now the two buck limit has put better bucks on the trail cameras for me(more 2.5 year bucks) but still we don't have no big rack bucks. Our soil just don't support big antlers. This year we lost 300 acres right in the middle of our club. It was sold. This will cut our club in half...so looking back now...what did we gain by saving a few deer?