Management of the deer herd hasn't been about biology for a long time. This deer herd hasn't been in biological trouble for a long time, maybe ever. The entire management, once the whitetails were well established in Indiana, has been about social management. The farming interests, insurance industry and even folks in suburbia have gained more and more influence over the management plan. This is because those who hunt deer won't get engaged, they want to fight amongst themselves and frankly, most don't care about deer except for a few weeks in the fall. Of course, I am speaking about the majority, not those who post here and on other sites.