[Rebeldon]

Trophy hunters in Alabama need to wake up. There are so many young does coming into heat this year that there are not enough good bucks around to breed with all of them. Instead, they are breeding with the less desirable bucks, who would overwise not get many chances to breed. Perhaps this year you could kill some does, and maybe some of the less desireable bucks. If you don't, there will be fewer and fewer "monster" bucks to shoot at in the future.

But nooooooooo! You're still looking for the monster bucks. Meanwhile, the Barney Fife of bucks is mating with all the does, producing future Barney Fife bucks.

Last year, I knew some fellers who hunted in an area that was infested with young does. That county had a 75 day doe season (for a reason--duh), and they still only hunted for trophy bucks and left the does alone. They wanted something on their wall that they could brag about. Fine! But your children will never know what it is like to shoot a twelve pointer because they will become too rare. If they only hunted ten days this year, there is no reason why they can't take out twenty does. On any given day in December, you can count as many as twenty, and that's when you're not paying attention. And if you can't handle that much meat, and who can, there are plenty of poor folks in Alabama who could use some free meat.