re: What percentage of hunters manage their deer populations?

At my 40 acres in Desoto National Forest, dog hunters in the area follow "brown is down", so I hunted like that too. We only saw a few deer a year there so if we wanted venison we shot the first legal deer we saw.

At my club in AR, we follow state regs as best we can, but several spikes (oops) get shot every year. Even the club president shot a 4 pt that wasn't legal. Because deer are so plentiful there, I am carefull about the antlers and have been letting some walk. There are only two out of 11 members that hold out for mature deer, and they don't get one some years.

I've never been in a trophy club, and would like to try that type club if I find the right opportunity.