It appears as I read this thread that most are losing focus.. A killed deer is killed, whether it be with a bow, gun a missile. there need to be an agreement first that there is a problem. Has Ohio publically stated that?? yes - no, if yes that great... moving on.. As a rule of thumb, one can say larger areas have larger number of deer, pretty obvious. The bottom line I the total number of deer being harvested, its not where they are. Yeah it would be nice to have a Balanced herd of something type, but with all seriousness, focus on bigger picture.
That being said, stop allowing hunter to harvest 9 damn deer throughout the state what ever that crazy number is. Make it 1buck with min of 4pt on one side and 1doe. Increase the nonresident hunting fees from $150 to $500. Make the fines for poaching and violations 10x what they are now. Terminate the asshole LEO we currently have.. On another note, sas anyone notice these asshole TV hunters are all over Ohio now. leasing the shit out of 1000s of acres.. Have you also seen how AEP and Coal companies are leasing lands to people and these people are subleasing the lands..
It think the focus should be away from person hunting agendas... There is a big picture...
JMTC