12/06/2025
Very controversial post but this is my opinion after being in the woods myself and talking with many people. My business thrives on people bringing deer in and i love to see it, new and returning customers, young kids with smiles ear to ear ready to tell their story and old timers telling big windy ones, but in the same breath Im also an avid hunter and outdoorsman.The last few years with all these different and extended seasons and low deer numbers being blamed on cwd or bad weather conditions. Did it ever occur to anyone the possibility of the conservation department issuing an absurd amount of tags to anyone that can hold a rifle might be taking its toll, or in the archery department a crossbow that takes most all difficulty of shooting a bow out of the sport all together. If your disabled and you want to archery hunt, your childs to young to pull a bow wants to get into it by all means. I believe that in a few short years we will be back to where it was a treat to see a deer if this madness isn’t stopped. If you need the meat to provide for your family that is awesome and I fully support that but just because you CAN buy a buck tag and however many doe tags does not mean that you have to or should make it your goal to fill them all. The 4th doe you shot this year might be the last deer you kill one year and for several to come. Not to mention after all these regular and extended seasons available to the public the department does their own management night hunts and takes several hundred more. That young buck you have let walk all year, that doe that has twins every year,the doe that could be carrying the next big trophy buck gone because they MAY have a disease that the department has no realistic way of stopping. Educate yourselves,do the research, make a educated accessment of what you need to take and don’t let a department in an office tell you something that you should be able to see and understand yourself about your own property. Practice good stewardship in the woods and the rest will fall into place.