AR comment, not to hijack Doc's therad

[Suilleabhain]

So far in 3A, two years now and no doe permits for years before. it's no

change. We aren't seeing more deer to start with, the same couple of 6pts and no

real increase in spikes and 4pts. Place is just a dead zone lately. Then again,

there is no farming or orchards locally anymore, just trailers with the local

working guys, some summer people. The fields are just going back to nature. I

think there is a major lack of natural feed. If anything, the does being taken

by everyone in archery and muzzleloader is probably hurting more than helping.

Some guys I know don't rifle hunt anymore after going empty for a few years in a

row. Back when I was a kid, we had no doe permits for years, then the 4-men to 1

permit and we took a lot of legal bucks, but there was farming then.