>Fish and game has got to
>limit the Mule deer doe
>hunts, or the herds will
>never stand a chance. The
>youth tag opportunity for does
>needs to go back to
>the first 2 years only.
>The way it used to
>be, there is no reason
>for 8 years. My son
>took a doe his first
>year hunting at age 12,
>he wanted his first deer
>to be a buck, But
>it did not work out
>for him so he took
>a doe on the last
>day he could hunt that
>year, he passed on several
>earlier on. The second year
>he did take a buck.
>2 years is enough time.
>
>I am seeing way to many
>kids being road hunted, shooting
>at any deer they see.
>This is not hunting at
>all. I have seen some
>unit that have had the
>controlled doe hunt cut, but
>not by much. I would
>really like to see most
>units go to a Forked
>horn or better. With zero
>doe tags except for youths
>the first 2 years.
>And I bet Fish and Game
>would like to do this
>but, we all know they
>are self funded and need
>the MONEY.
>Well if they keep managing money,and
>not game, they will soon
>have to change there name
>to just Idaho Fish And
>Birds. No game left.
Could not agree more. The number of does being taken by youth is not doing the population any favors. If the population is healthy and you can withstand several does being culled, great. But based on what I've seen, that is not the case now. I seriously doubt that a family of kids shooting a bunch of does recruits those kids into hunters for life. Call me sexist but this weekend I saw guys toting their young girls around to shoot does. You really think those girls are gonna turn into life-long hunters? Statistically, NO. It's just an excuse for dad to go out and get some blood on his hands and fill his freezer. In the same vein, they need to put limits on the buck tags for a while as well. Either limit the numbers, shorten the season, or place limits on branch antlers. None of us want to see it but at the same time, everybody bitches about it not being what it used to be. Mother nature can be cruel. But if you want it to return to what it once was, you have to make some sacrifices.