I agree with the others advocating draw only mule deer with no antler restrictions. The way I see it is that is the only way we can possibly improve our muley herds.
I would also like to see a reduction in whitetail hunters in the field during modern firearm. I know its not a popular idea but I think there should be Eastern and Western unit tags for deer just like there is for deer. I hunt the Palouse area (where I live) and a huge amount of the hunters I meet in town and on the road the first 3-4 days of the season are west siders. A lot of these guys hunt a few days over here and if they go home buckless they hunt over there where the season is longer and the restrictions are looser. If they had to choose one side some of these guys would stay home instead of coming over here. Nothing against west siders, our camp has three of them, but there are just too damn many hunters out there. Every year I watch rampant trespassing, people shooting illegal deer, and other BS that would be less prevalent if there was less hunters. Again, I'm not blaming west siders for all this bad behavior as there are plenty of locals behaving badly as well.
