Don’t want this to get to off topic just. A simple yes or no will work, and maybe touch on why to your answer.

Does the state have to many doe days??

For me it’s 100% yes. In east central bama, been hunting same ground/area for 15 years now. Last 5-7 years deer numbers have fell off horrible.

Yes. Numbers in my area have fallen way off from years past. I'm strictly speaking of the public lands tho.

Ummmm...a resounding yes from me. Too many baby makers have been removed resulting in a huge decrease in deer populations. I believe the insurance companies have pushed this BS to reduce car/deer collisions in the name of “management”. People have taken it hook,line and sinker and it will take a long time to correct. It’s a generational thinking now go kill a lot of does. I admit I bought into it at first but against it now.

Yes. Way too many. I’ve been so glad it’s rained and been hot. If it keeps some of the bloodthirsty Alabama savages out of the woods it may save some deer for next year. Man I could show you places in tallapoosa and chambers county that don’t have enough deer to justify killing 1 a year. 20 to 25 years ago you could see 12 to 15 deer a day on those leases.

Absolutely yes 100%!! People these days think it’s an unsuccessful hunt if they don’t kill a DEER. I had the privilege of growing up hunting a section of family land my grandpa owned and it was prime. It was nothing to see 30-40 deer in a field any afternoon. We were not allowed to shoot does under any circumstances. It got divided when he passed and we only have 300 acres now and it’s nothing like it used to be. I’m 39 and I’ve killed 3 does in my life and have no desire to kill another. I was in a club in Old Texas several years ago that was a super nice place that they totally ruined in 3yrs due to killing too many does.

Yes.

YES!!!!

No

I havn't shot a doe in 6 or 8 years.

Yes. I hunted in Tallapoosa last season. Numbers were very low.

I dont think they have too many doe days but do think we have too many dumb hunters who keep shooting too many does. Every day should be doe or buck day and hunters should be smart enough to know if they dont see many deer they should not shoot any deer so they see more deer next year.

Me neither. We need less regulation, not more. Yall must all be Chuckies pawns

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This is why I can’t have summer food

Yes. I have a neighbor that literally shoots every deer he sees.

They’re not that smart, the idea of a better rut that they have instilled in people’s mind is part of the problem. The other problem is most people have no self control or enough common sense to understand they are killing their reproducers.

I want to say no due to doe days being wide open for as long as I have been hunting. I have never hunted anywhere you could expect to see 20 deer at once. I have seen 15 plus in a long hunt but not at once. I think when the 3 buck rule went I to effect, a lot of folks started hammering the slightest k heads instead of the young bucks. I think less doe days would stop some of that. If anyone kills 10-20 deer to put meat on the table I don't have an issue with that. If someone kills 3 to 5 deer a year and donate all of them, so be it. It's the ones that kill every deer they see but don't eat them that get to me. It's a gray area for me, but in the end as long as it's legal and the meat gets used is what really matters in my opinion.

I don't know, but something I have thought about involves public land and how they handle does compared to private land. Does can only be shot (legally) with a gun for just a couple weeks on NF land. Most WMAs only have a handful of weekends that guns can be used and many of those weekends are buck only. I believe Cahaba only had one or two either sex weekends this season. I don't see bow hunters slaughtering does on public land. If any of that is true, you'd think doe/deer numbers would be good on public land vs. private.

No. I know it is fun to see 20 plus deer on a hunt, but when numbers get that high they will destroy crops. I have had fields that were not worth combining because the deer ate them completely up and this is here in Marshall county where the population is low. I know other farmers in Marshall, Jackson, and Dekalb that have lots of crop damage due to deer.