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I've been reading about how states are using the car vs deer accident ratios to determine how many deer should be taken in a season. Just wondering what other hunters think about this idea? Illinois is beginning to lean heavily on this information from insurance companies. Does anyone see this as a good thing or bad?

I haven't formed an opinion yet.

What is a good way to determine how many deer should be taken?
Should a year or two of hunting be doe only?
Will hunters hunt if this is the case?

According to State Farm insurance info WI car vs deer accident rate went down 5% in 2008, how does that happen. WI has earn a buck program and some reports say that the hunters don't like it.

Still working on my opinion.

Personally if there is a deer problem (over population or disease) why not make it does only until the problem is under control.

A negative impact of allowing the taking if more deer is the thought that what is the hunter going to do with all that meat. I went to SD in 08 and we had tags for 4 deer, took 3 and said "what am I going to do with all that meat", so we stopped shooting. This year SD raised the # of tags to three per hunter in the same areas, again "what to do with the meat" Intended to go and HELP with the problem ($ didn't work out) I planned to donate the deer. Even donating the deer cost up to $70 each, often paid by the hunter.

Is all this a perception that we as hunters have learned? We have to take only bucks and keep the doe's to make sure the herd survives? I know that is what is done for game birds, should it be the same perception for larger game animals?

I know that the more does are encouraged to be taken in WI. WI allows up to 4 free tags in the CWD zones DAILY and in the Herd control zones they are $2 each. And after all that they are still having problems.

A few years ago I went to KY because I was invited to come and cull the doe herd on a piece of property. I filled 2 of 4 tags. Only buck I saw was the one my buddy took. This year I've been wanting to go to WI but am getting resistance from the manager of the property I hunt. He Doesn't want me disturbing his bow hunting, I plan on only taking does, but with the earn a buck program I could potentially take 1 buck for each doe I take.

I've read that for Quality Deer Management the ratio should be 2 does for every buck. How does one actually achieve this ratio?

Enough for now.

God created we manage!