Save the Utah Does
Consider the following:
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-The Utah DWR is not really inclined to have more deer
-There is little reason to kill does until the deer herd is up to carrying capacity
-The Utah deer herd is at app. 46% of carrying capacity – overall
-Hunting and killing does is harmful to the herd in the following ways:
*hunters tend to kill the best
*does may be pregnant
*some young bucks get killed supposing them to be does
*the herd cannot grow without does
*killing one doe is the same as killing 25 deer (in 5 years)
-Here are the reasons the doe slaughter was started in the first place:
*to reduce or avoid depredation costs
*to shrink the herd to the “political” carrying capacity
*to eliminate “valley deer”
-The Utah DWR hates to pay depredation from wage or toy money
-The Utah Farm Bureau campaigned successfully to have depredation limits raised
-A pathetic reason for killing does is to increase the buck/doe ratio
-Does taste good but do not look pretty on the wall – bucks look good and taste good
-Predators kill more than enough does without any help from persons
-There were many years when it was illegal to kill a doe, although the herd was much larger than it is now
-Consider teaching your children to let the does live. If you are starving – kill a buck
