Very good read ! I have always like Bill's articles and his show is one of the better ones....

The time frame he mentions coincides with what I have seen around me and the 17 years I have hunted the lease....The late 90's were good, and the best was around 2003/4/5/6 then like the DNR wanted, we started killing off the Does and I learned the hard way...deer numbers dropped of course and mature buck sightings all but disappeared...by the time we realized what was happening it was to late...combine that with CRP disappearing, fence lines bulldozed under and now there was some guy in every woodlot popping Does and shooting buttons and 1.5 yr olds the decline was well under way.... it has happened on the two local F&W areas too....things have got to change and do it fast....both in the DNR and the hunter mind set....