fowl_minded
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Thoughts on the mule deer population now and then. Lots of hunters dream of coming out west whether it's Montana or Nevada to chase mule deer. And even those people that live in that state out west love to hunt mule deer. Over these past few years it seems like the mule deer population has taken a drastic fall. In both population and quality of deer around. I can remember hunting a family farm in eastern Montana and seeing great bucks. I have hunted many public land spot as well. Now it's hard to find really any decent bucks as well as bucks that have potential and that would be great if they lived a couple more years. I have a couple outfitter buddies that have many successful deer hunters that kill deer even though the deer aren't that impressive, though they do kill some good ones. In my public land travels I have seen some good ones taken as well but I have seen a lot of young four and five points and just flat young deer. My question to you guys is management? Taking deer that are of age or a point system which emlimates taking young deer young whether it is a young two or four points? This is not just for Montana but other states as well. I just see and have herd of serious decline in different mule deer populations and I think it is because a lot of hunters just want to fill a tag. I know that winter is hard for deer and some disease but they don't suffer under the same diseases that Whitehall do. Let me know what you think.