I live in the Rubies and the early hunting season is a total ZOO!!! My husband and I have hunted this area every year since 1985 and I have seen the quality and number of deer take a serious nose dive in the last 5 years. Teri Harmon was so disgusted by the size of the bucks being harvested this year she just gave up looking at the gambles outside. Nevada department of wildlife blames drought on the decreasing numbers and others blame the predators, But the main problem is poor habitat and herd management. Why are they still giving out doe tags at all? The largest migrating mule deer hear in Nevada has been sold out to Canadian/UK multinational mining company Barrick Gold.The largest Gold mine in the world blocks mule deer migration. There is a collard deer migration report on line you can read,paid for by Barrick Gold of course. The biggest problem I see with the report is that it states there in no early studies of the heard impact by the mine. But there is, a logitudinal study, Hunter Questionaires/harvest reports. On these reports is the size number and sex of the animal harvested every year. If you still don't think what I say is true go look at the mine for yourself go eight miles past the Ruby marshes/lake, fish if you like but don't eat them they are highly contaminated with mercury, go to NDOW site for health hazards of fish. Harry Reid sold us out long ago and I see no way of going back. YOU CANT REMOVE THAT MUCH SAGE, MOHOGANIES,PINIONS AND WATER AND EXPECT IT NOT TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE DEER!!! Governor Sandovol is taking money from the largest mining and energy lobbist group in the US and gets to elect the wildlife commission and the wildlife director to do his bidding. SO WHERE ARE THE WOLVES IN NEVADA? DC AND THE STATE CAPITAL,JUST FOLLOW THE MONEY.