its ok poseidon, one of the things i like about pondboss is the spectrum of folks involved and how each add value contributing from different walks of life.
in our case (foothills of CA), the black tails overpopulate because primary predators (i.e. cougars/mountain lions and big coyotes) were decimated long ago as ranching took hold in the area. when it gets dry in summer, there is almost no forage, the deer starve and get diseases. the only way here to keep a healthy population is by folks occassionally taking some and thinning the herds. That way eveybody is happy, cause no one likes looking at diseased deer. wildlife mgmt i think its called.
edited post.....p.s. matt, awesome buck.
