They could just send em out to my place, I'll gladly house a few doe's in my freezer. I find it hard to believe that there are few hunters that value doe's so low that they have to be required or rewarded for taking them. But I quit watching hunting shows because all you ever see if guys glorifying taking big mature bucks and nothing else.

I don't think $5 is enough incentive for most people. I agree with Koldkut & NYhunter--does are good meat & the horns don't taste so good. I'm not against taking a nice trophy, but I'd rather have 2 does in my freezer than 1 small buck.

Unfortunately I worry about how much additional illegal activity (trespassing, night and road shooting) will take place if people know that they will get paid for bringing in dead does. Some people will not look at this as how it affects hunting but rather how they can profit from it.

How much are the tags?

Farm Bureau is not anti-nor pro gun persay- They are PRO-MONEY-and see this as a crop damage issue- They would NEVER bounty the bucks, which they want for their outfitting members to be able to sell for the highest price possible!

They should just hire Gary Alt. He succeeded in needlessly slaughtering the deer herd here in Pennsylvania.

We are all still waiting for the more and bigger bucks after several years now.

What we got was way fewer bucks and not more bucks just a small bit more PERCENTAGEWISE. What a joke.

I dont think $5 is enough incentive to get hunters to shoot more does even in the tough economic times. Plus giving out an award(the plaque) for shooting the most is not what hunting is about.

Maybe Jasper County should offer free hunting classes instead of giving out money on the benifits of a balanced deer herd and the advantages of harvesting more does.

Sounds more like a publicity stunt than a well thought out program to me.

I dont mind shootin bucks but I have enough horns I would rather fill my freezer.

Can we say "Market Hunters". With the bad taste those words have left in the minds of millions of Americans, this is just going to give (all, not just in Illinois) hunters another black eye! Are we sure these were pro-gun people that came up with this idea. (and yes I do know that is aimed at bow hunters, I use both a bow and firearm for hunting).

This sucks cause i live in Illinois and shoot at least 2 or 3 does every year. But i don't live in jasper county so i wont get paid. I also dont think $5 in enough since the tags cost $15

where is the money going to come from??? are licenes going to go up again?????

I'm with charlie elk....have bow & gun will travel

Lets see-- I kill 10 does I get 50 bucks cash-- who are they fooling????

I grew up in Jasper County and although recently moved to IA for work, all my family lives there. I think it should be very successful, there is definitely an over-population problem in the county and I have heard a lot of talk about it in the county. I think most will enjoy donating the does they harvest to a good cause and the five dollars is just a bonus. Also, the idea of a competition is enticing to a lot of people. Guess we'll see how it goes. Like i said, i now live in IA and won't be making it down home to deer hunt until after the Nov. 19 deadline, but i know many of my family members will be participating.

Anyone who would shoot just to get $5 should be ashamed, you should only kill what you can eat or give to family or charity to eat. MONEY SHOULD NOT even enter the equation !

I just find it bogus that they would even go to such a low level as paying people to shot does. As far as I am concerned their meat is better then any buck I have shot and you can't eat the horns anyways. They should offer a better incentive program that will bring more people out to their state to hunt.

As a hunter, it sounds like a great idea. Basically you could pay for your hunting tag and for other hunting tags. I wish they had something like this in Florida. But instead of does, lets make it hogs, then I could be raking in some real money.