I think you already know what your club needs to do. To get support get the area wildlife manager in the and have him guide your club in the right direction. Hint, shoot does and if you think you shot enough shoot some more. :)

Not sure of your question, but since u are in one of the few clubs that see deer regularly, how would cutting ur does in half help u have more bucks? The problem is, too few bucks, not too many does. If ur seeing several grown does together that dont have 2 yearlings, then thay arent getting bred because of too much pressure on the bucks.

If he sees that many does and no bucks he needs to shoot some does. A good population of deer is 30 per square mile. He had nine in one field. You need to try and get to (but you will never get there) two does for every buck. That is why you leave this to the Wildlife Managers that get paid to do this. They will make the proper call. I know of alot of places that will not shoot does and have them everywhere but wont listen to the Wildlife Managers. They dont see big bucks. Too much competition for food. They only complain about not seeing big deer. When clubs finally decide to change this rule and kill does they see big bucks again in as few as two years.

Yeah it sounds like poor management.

With the number of deer you are seeing on a regular basis I would have to say that you have bucks breeding. Just like when food sources are plentiful it makes it harder to pattern deer. Same when you have an abundance of does the bucks do not have to travel as far to find a doe in heat. (less traveling)

my 2 cents

30 deer per square mile is 1 deer for 20 acres, very hard hunting. I have over 30 bucks per square mile. If u only have 2 does per buck, there is no secondary rut, so deer get hard to see after the first rut. Mature bucks dont search for does, the doe will leave her area and go to him when she's ready.

This is what i was trying to say in a way. Most of the club members concentrate on killing bucks only and are allowed to kill 3 per year per member. Most dont kill any does and if you do you can only kill 2 per member per year up to 75 club wide. What has happened over the years is a lot more bucks have been killed than does resulting in a ratio of 6-8 doe to 1 buck. This causes does to be bred late or maybe some not at all (I saw a fawn with spots at the end of December)and the few bucks that we have only have to stand up to breed a doe they dont need to go anywhere. Somthing else to think about, every buck gets to breed spikes cow horn spikes everything it can't be good for herd genetics. I know some people say i should feel lucky because at least i see deer and thats right i guess but i can see what kind of club we could have and i can see what we have now and where its headed. I don't think bringing back doe days is going to help our club at all either.

You are right. Sound like the future is bleak. The only course you have is to get a bioligist who can get your club more doe tags if your area needs them. They will do that if it is needed. We did it years ago when we had doe days. The only problem you may have is getting the rest of the club to buy into it. Good luck.

we inhereted a ranch that hadn't been hunted in 10 years. First couple of years all we saw was does. Deer had plenty of cover and plenty of food. We called in the state biologist (this is in Texas) and he said to start shooting does. We did. Three years later we finally started seeing and shooting some nice bucks. They were ther the whole time, just didn't need to move around. The does were getting bred when they were ready by going to the bucks. If you're seeing that many does, you're heard is way out of balance. Shoot those does, they taste just as good as bucks. ;)