Originally Posted by
JBtflo
Who's to say you wouldn't get 140 buck tags on 10,000 acres?
Ruth is to say. In fact he said it at the Florence meeting. Part of my frustration is that many people type stuff on here without knowing the facts.(Imagine that).
For those coming late to the entertainment I will type it again. Actually I will copy and paste.
Ruth used a "study" DNR did in the Kingstree area in which 6,600 doe tags were issued to hunters under the doe program. Only 3,300 were used. DNR feels that 6,600 does should have been shot but only have were. So in order to FORCE the hunters to harvest the number of does that DNR feels should be taken, the number of buck tags will be reduced so the hunters will run out of buck tags quickly and start shooting does. Straight from Ruth's mouth.
So, a property that is enrolled in the doe quota program will receive buck tags using 60% of the USED doe tags as the basis. They had 100 tags but only used 50 so their buck tag allotment will be 30 along with 100 doe tags.
Or your club shoots 30 bucks and only 30 does. So now your allotment will be 18 buck tags and even more doe tags. Now shift 5 years down the road. The population has increased and we are in need to harvest many more does. You have only shot 2 bucks a year because you are managing for big antlers and age and Bubba has been next to you reaming the 4 points for years. Your personal little piece of paradise is enrolled in the quota program and you receive your tags in 2018 only to realize they sent you 130 doe tags and 1 buck tag because of the numbers established for said county. Or here is a real kick in the balls: You are not shooting what DNR thinks you should shoot so they open your property up to the public (Don't laugh. It can easily go both ways. It was brought up at the Florence meeting)
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