To hunters who couldn’t care less about the science of deer management, good luck. Without a system for keeping deer populations strong, you won’t have the hunting you want for long.
And to biologists who believe deer management should be based solely on science, dream on. If you don’t take the human element into account, you won’t get far before hitting a brick wall.
For most hunters, deer management is about getting what we want, whether that’s more deer, better bucks, larger bag limits, less hunting pressure, dogs or no dogs, rifles rather than shotguns, or scopes rather than iron sights. The list is endless. It shouldn’t be surprising that deer managers can get pretty frustrated by the constant pushing and pulling that results from changing desires. But as uncomfortable and tiring as it might be, that push and pull is healthy for
