I saw 22 does in a field yesterday where I live. Not a single horn amongst them. Very minimal hunting pressure in several miles in any direction. We don't shoot any does and kill 1-2 bucks a year.

You can put all the laws and rules in place, but until said laws or rules are enforced, people are gonna keep on keeping on. The same amount of young bucks are being killed now as there always was. Back in the days of doe days, every buck seen with a visible antler got shot. I’m the days of the big dog clubs, every buck with a visible antler got shot. No days the 3 buck limit is useless because there is no way to enforce it. The sad part is for every hunter in Alabama that tries to do it right there are 2 that shoot anything and everything that looks like a deer. Heck we had a couple guys in our group early on that thought they could shoot anything and everything while all the others followed the rules we had put in place. They didn’t last long!! I hate to say this and never thought I’d say it but I really think Louisiana does a way better job managing our deer population then Alabama does. Only bad thing about Louisiana is it’s hard for a group of guys to find good land to lease. You can join clubs but we’re not hunting club people. We want our on place to hunt the way we want. Fortunately we found that in Alabama.

You said, “We don’t kill any does.” There’s your answer. Doe harvest is always a part of managing a deer herd. We have as many bucks as does it seems, still have phenomenal fawn recruitment, an intense rut, and plenty of mature bucks, and we are killing 35-40 does every year on 2500 acres, and have been for a very long time. Might kill 4-5 bucks the entire season. We also have great habitat that can support a lot of deer.

The majority of counties in Alabama are killing more bucks than does…..This map is showing the number of does killed per buck in each county……If you were to listen to some folks on here they would have you believe that to fix the problem all those counties that are less than one need to shoot more does to make up for all the bucks being shot.......

I wish I could legally go back to killing two does a day

So here’s a question for the shoot more does crowd……Sticking with the Bibb Co example with them killing 2000 bucks and 1700 does…….If you did try to balance the ratio through doe harvests like is being suggested…..Could Bibb Co handle killing another 300 does per year and sustain that long term without the overall population decreasing?? What about if we take and apply these ideas to counties like Marshall……Could Marshall handle doubling its doe harvest to try and match the bucks being killed??.........