>But I would think the goal is to reduce the number of poachers. Poaching being a mind set, a criminal behavior, regardless of that actual animal they're harvesting. If someone is willing to poach deer, perhaps it's a gateway to poaching something more vulnerable. Learning how to avoid the game wardens, building an "underground" community.

This is the exact same argument that caused a lot of teenagers to get locked up over a plant in the 90s.

I am less than un-moved by it.

If people want to blast a doe out of season off their porch with no tags I have no problem with it so long as they are doing so in places where the population can support that behavior.

There are so many of these damn deer in the Texas hill country due to people overfeeding them on their lawns. My parents live out there and it's not abnormal to see literally dozens of them on people's lawns. I'd be happy to see them come down here and cull a bit.