Mercy. This can of worms is bigger than the ocean.

I don't know if they are taking more. Their seasons are the longest in the US. That does not equate to taking more, which fact is hard to get through the noggins of Arkansas sportsmen.

They don't know for a fact how many they are taking. They don't tag 'em. They don't check 'em. It's same as rabbit or squirrel hunting there.

Coyote programs help, but that's not the answer. The only true difference I can come up with is Arkansas' 3 point rule. We all bought into QDMA, kill the does, try to get 1:1 ratio, all that. It's bunk. You need about 4:1 does to keep enough bucks around to hunt, it turns out. And what works behind a high fence in S. Texas doesn't necessarily work in the jungle thickets of pine cutovers.

One thing I know for a FACT.

I don't know what the answer is. That's what I know.