25 to life doesn't stop people from murdering people.... you're never going to stop all of it.

Do away with the buck limit. Go back to "doe days". No need for a tag.

So people can kill all the bucks and the ratio get even more out of whack? Not sure I understand the logic there

Hunter Ed. doesn't apply to me even though I have had it so I'm not up on the rules and regs. But don't you only need hunter ed. to buy a license?? A LOT of people don't have a license. I had a dove shoot this past winter and asked and not a single person there had or was required to have a license.

Ga had tags when I lived there, if you had a deer with a tag on it the tag owner better be there also. Ed Friend, the GW, used to bust hell out of em for trying to use wifes tag.

Interesting. Wonder if folks would try and gift a deer over to themselves?

There ain't no telling how many folks on this site load up their freezer every deer season in the name of their kids or wife even though they never actually fired the shot. While some of us don't shoot so maybe other areas in the county or state that aren't seeing any deer may have some to shoot one day.

Well you know junior said he would shoot it but then he changed his mind so I went on ahead and did it for him. Hell I got to feed my family and we need the meat! Got to have 8 or 10 deer every year cause that's all we eat!

Supervised hunters don't need hunter ed from my understanding. Based on that anybody (all of the kids, wife, etc) should be able to get a tag.

Well it would show a big increase in sales. I don't understand why some of you consider everyone to be crooks, plain and simple ? Are you comparing everyone to yourself ? I'm just sayin.......

Guess they were assuming you got the tags when the license was bought??? Between lifetime and exempt people, I would venture a WILD guess that 40% of deer hunters don't buy a license each year.

I think you can buy a license with intentions of being a supervised hunter regardless of age

I have a question on this subject... Me and my boy kill 3 deer a year, maybe 4 usually not, because that's what well eat. Trying to replace beef pretty much. I don't have a problem with tags, surely we will get at least 3 tags between us. If I had to pay a few dollars for them, I wouldn't jump up and down about it, but id rather not have to......my question is: How many tags would it take to satisfy y'all's NEEDS. How many deer are yall killing and what's happening to them. I understand the tag system would fit my situation better than others. I guess it would suck pretty bad to pay $4500.00 to get into a club and only get to kill 1 or 2 deer. Other than that, if they allow you enough tags to get the meat you need(especially if you don't have to pay a fee per tag), what's the problem with it? Seems like it would go a long way in getting the numbers up and make a hunter more picky about what he kills. That is, assuming everyone plays by the rules.

Well, for one, ALL emphasis has ONLY been on buck tags.

THAT does NOTHING to 'bring the numbers up'!!

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My $.02!

Buck tags only? What's the agenda there. I don't understand what you're saying.

How much talk have you heard of doe tags; or limited doe harvest?

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Not confusing at all.

Jwalker just from observation usually the more you pay to be in a club the less deer you can kill. I know some folks who go 2-3 years between killing a buck they have their standards so high. They might be able to kill a couple does but most of these highly managed clubs have their does down in balance so they don't need to kill a lot. Ya'll ever notice like on Bill Jordans hunts on his property the field will be full of bucks and does they obviously have not bought into the kill all the does you see.

I haven't heard any talk about any of it. What are you saying their motives are, by implementing buck tags only. Apparently different than mine.

Buck:Doe ratio being out of balance does not necessarily mean too many does. It could very well be, and often is, more a case of over-harvest of bucks. Especially with the reduced populations in many areas these days!

The majority of people, according to my perspective AND the article by Chuck Sykes, seem to want Tags for an Enforcement Tool to prevent people from killing more bucks than allowed.

There is very little biological need for counting dead deer.

If hunting legally, 3 a year is what we get. You're saying their trying to give us less? You'd probably really hate my opinion. 3 deer a year, total, bucks and does, per person. That would allow my household twice what we need. Keep in mind, my opinion is based on my situation, and nobody is asking me anyhow.