I have found that being required to shoot a doe can be a hassle. However, in Wisconsin a hunter can get a sticker to validate a buck tag for the same year and the next year so if a hunter plans well, he or she can always shoot a buck.

If it forces those trophy hunters to shoot a doe, I'm happy with it.

Ideally, yes. I think many may not pass up a buck though and either wait to register the buck until (and if) they get their doe or lie about which unit they shot it in. Also what keeps a hunter from saying they shot a doe in an earn-a-buck unit when they in fact did not just so they can get sticker to use the next year? I hunt for venison so I have no problem shooting does. I think the earn-a-buck program would work ideally, but I just wonder how many do the things I mentioned above to get around the rules.

I think that quite a few hunters do what you are saying. Howerver, I think that in a few more years hunters will better understand eab and find ways to follow the regulations.

How do outfitters get around this with their clients?

Obviously more does are being killed now with EAB. I think the DNR is doing this to lower the population of deer to help control the CWD which is more easily spread in areas with higher deer populations. I hunt in Marquette County which is EAB and luckily saw a doe before the buck. I don't like to see populations lowered but Marquette is just north of Dane where CWD is occuring. I just hope deer populations can be maintained at a level sufficient for hunting there.