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Hello everyone, I am a long time lurker and wanted to express my opinion about the ohio deer problem. I am less effected by the low deer numbers than others. Mainly
because I have a large tract of private land where I can kinda control things a bit more, but even with this I am seeing less deer than 10 years ago. Way less than 20
years ago. It has just aggravated me for so long. The stupidity of some of the hunters. They complain all week long of gun season that they have only seen 2,3,4, or
just low number of deer, and havent got a shot at any of them. I tell them we need to stop shooting some does and let the herd rebound. They usually kind of agree with
me. Although the next time out when they are hunting they still shoot a doe where they have only seen a few the whole week, and then to top it off. They come back to
the same location and shoot another if they see one. So many people who complain about not seeing any deer are doing this. It is tough to save the deer herd when the people
are to dumb to police themselves. Thats where we need the dnr to step and and limit doe tags, and put some restrictions in. I would love to see 1 doe only statewide.
That means no jumping to different counties, or zones and shooting multiple, and also giving up your buck tag for another doe. It should be 1 buck, and 1 doe. Not
2 does, and no buck. Just a fixed 1 doe, 1 buck. I would personally prefer an antler restriction too. I know a lot of people wont agree with this and they will call
me a trophy hunter, and to an extent I guess maybe, but not really. I just prefer to shoot mature deer. I will shoot a 120" quick as can be if I know it is a 4.5 year
old plus. I tend to do the same with does. I look for does that dont have fawns with them. I have harvested many does without fawns and upon the field dressing no fawns
were inside. Does like that are not doing us any good. As for the antler restriction an 8 point minimum would be nice, but I have seen some big 6 points I would shoot
also. So my thoughts would be 8 points, or 100" inch score for any antler points minimum. That would just about eliminate 1.5 old bucks from being killed, and save
some 2.5 year olds. Doing this for a few years I think Ohio hunters would be so much happier in the woods. Not only would the age class go up, but so would our deer
numbers. We would have bigger, older bucks. Higher deer density. Overall a more enjoyable time in the woods. The dnr is not taking into account the predation, and the
disease kills. When that happens they need to police that as well. When there is a breakout of ehd in a county, or area. They need to step in and limit tags. I know
it might upset some people, but I would be all for it if it happened where I hunt. Anyways I know there is way more to it than that. If there were some way we could
have a system where the hunter could register and vote for this stuff. Anyways rant over
because I have a large tract of private land where I can kinda control things a bit more, but even with this I am seeing less deer than 10 years ago. Way less than 20
years ago. It has just aggravated me for so long. The stupidity of some of the hunters. They complain all week long of gun season that they have only seen 2,3,4, or
just low number of deer, and havent got a shot at any of them. I tell them we need to stop shooting some does and let the herd rebound. They usually kind of agree with
me. Although the next time out when they are hunting they still shoot a doe where they have only seen a few the whole week, and then to top it off. They come back to
the same location and shoot another if they see one. So many people who complain about not seeing any deer are doing this. It is tough to save the deer herd when the people
are to dumb to police themselves. Thats where we need the dnr to step and and limit doe tags, and put some restrictions in. I would love to see 1 doe only statewide.
That means no jumping to different counties, or zones and shooting multiple, and also giving up your buck tag for another doe. It should be 1 buck, and 1 doe. Not
2 does, and no buck. Just a fixed 1 doe, 1 buck. I would personally prefer an antler restriction too. I know a lot of people wont agree with this and they will call
me a trophy hunter, and to an extent I guess maybe, but not really. I just prefer to shoot mature deer. I will shoot a 120" quick as can be if I know it is a 4.5 year
old plus. I tend to do the same with does. I look for does that dont have fawns with them. I have harvested many does without fawns and upon the field dressing no fawns
were inside. Does like that are not doing us any good. As for the antler restriction an 8 point minimum would be nice, but I have seen some big 6 points I would shoot
also. So my thoughts would be 8 points, or 100" inch score for any antler points minimum. That would just about eliminate 1.5 old bucks from being killed, and save
some 2.5 year olds. Doing this for a few years I think Ohio hunters would be so much happier in the woods. Not only would the age class go up, but so would our deer
numbers. We would have bigger, older bucks. Higher deer density. Overall a more enjoyable time in the woods. The dnr is not taking into account the predation, and the
disease kills. When that happens they need to police that as well. When there is a breakout of ehd in a county, or area. They need to step in and limit tags. I know
it might upset some people, but I would be all for it if it happened where I hunt. Anyways I know there is way more to it than that. If there were some way we could
have a system where the hunter could register and vote for this stuff. Anyways rant over