tahunua001
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I'm not so sure. I'm not saying you're wrong, and there is much evidence to support that but I've seen herds of 400+ deer in washington state, all malnurished, all sickly, and in them less than 10 bucks, all spikes or otherwise too small for legal harvest. no big bucks in the entire herd and year after year these herds are not allowed to be harvested because in that area it's buck only, 2 point or larger(on each side). those herds have been around for more than 10 years and when some outdoorsmen took the law into their own hands and started culling out the herds fish and game set up extra patrols to "stop poaching" rather than culling the herds themselves or open up does... those herds are going to eventually become a jumping off point for disease and it's going to destroy deer hunting for years in eastern washington for decades. winter is too mild there to kill off the unhealthy ones.