Joe,

I think most everybody who looks at this rationally understands that. Our kill numbers are just a survey really. But it's a pretty decent sample size and the best data we have. Unfortunately DNR just doesn't have either the will or maybe the resources to do more. And honestly, I don't think they need to.

Everywhere I hunt, there are still plenty of deer. I hunted Monroe, Parke, Jackson and Washington Counties this year and saw about the same number of deer. The two deer I butchered were big and healthy. Most does had twins. Seems the guys who kill big deer every year are still killing big deer and there's lots of folks getting lucky in the big deer category too.

I'm not worried about our deer herd.

Almost 107,000 right now