Nobody needs to kill 20 does off their property unless they have a fence around it. Mother Nature will take care of it if you are over populated.
That's a pretty broad statement. We've been killing 20-30 does a year off 2,000 acres for 7 years and you can't tell it one bit. Still plenty of deer. Saying that "nobody" needs to kill 20 does on their place unless it is fenced it absolutely no different than the opinions of those who think you should kill every doe you see. From one extreme to the other.
That is not what I said. I didn't say you should kill ZERO does. I don't care what a guy shoots. He/She just doesn't need to kill 25 of them per hunter. If you want to know what I think.... I think 5 total on the season is a reasonable limit.
However... It doesn't matter to me if you killed 100 of 2k. I could probably do the same at my place, but I'm not going to try it. Based on the herd health and horns I see... proves to me you don't have to shoot does. I hunted in Jackson County in the early 80's. I know what the woods look like when you are overpopulated. I have found young underweight deer frozen after a snow. Been there. Which is why I said permitted shooting should still be in play.
We have moved to unlimited doe harvest on a property I own in Middle Tennessee. Went from shooting a couple 150 class deer a year to none on the camera surveys. Deer overall sightings are waay down.
Doe killing. That's the culprit.
No government employees were harmed in the making of this mess.
