We have a surplus of does compared with bucks (again this year) due to the ease of shooting young bucks, and some hunters habits. I dropped a large doe the afternoon (number 4). The doe to buck ratio was getting toward the 2:1 optimum ratio last year and I though that I could ease up, but the missing and wounded young bucks this year have things skewed again. The overall deer population in my area will just keep getting lower until the "meat hunters" may find the pickings get pretty thin. Filling the freezer with does is really not that bad a deal, even if they are small ones (compared with removing young bucks). The meat from my deer will go to good use.
