Pa. Game Commission Discusses Low Deer Population

[Remnard]

http://www.wjactv.com/news/22898181/detail.html

[Remnard]

There's video there also

[sproulman]

thanks for video.this is first year in 46 yrs that i did not have deer at 3 of my feeders.last year i had around 3 at each feeder.
it is not coyotes that killed those 9 deer it was doe hunters that dont care that a deer is left in area.

[cjgjr]

IMO, the decrease in deer is due to the longer doe season!!Instead of the old 3 day anterless season.All they have to do is put anterless rifle season back to 3 days again,for 2-3 yrs and they will see the increase in the deer population!I dont get it?Y cant they know this?

[pats102862]

Originally Posted by cjgjr

IMO, the decrease in deer is due to the longer doe season!!Instead of the old 3 day anterless season.All they have to do is put anterless rifle season back to 3 days again,for 2-3 yrs and they will see the increase in the deer population!I dont get it?Y cant they know this?

They do know this. If their deer management program was a mistake, I don't think they will admit it by going right back to a three day doe season.

[wvhuntin4me]

how about no doe hunting at all in the worst counties.I like that there is no doe season with firearms were i live. Not sure why they did it, but makes for great deer herd. You can harvest a doe in archery.

[sproulman]

its funny how hunters are today.i happened to talk to a few fisherman that said,SPROUL WE DONT GET A DOE LICENSE FOR CLINTON county,pa.......in the next few words the young kid of 13 said, SPROUL WE DONT GET DOE LICENSE BUT WE GOT OUR DOE IN CLINTON COUNTY IN MUZZLELOADER SEASON.
we hunt for a whole week and got our doe .

now this is thinking, they still killed a DOE but felt not getting doe license was being a great sportsman.

MORE HUNTERS ARE SHOOTING DOE IN ARCHERY THAN EVER BEFORE.those same hunters used to pass on doe in archery, not now.they know come gun season that its harder to get doe now with all hunters and lack of doe, so they now shoot a doe in archery. then in comes the in-line hunters and shoot more doe in archery season.

[Remnard]

http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/...ons-make-sense

[wvhuntin4me]

yes i think that is correct i never shot doe in archery , cause back then you could only shoot one deer a year.tried for buck first..

[thndrchiken]

You don't suppose that issuing 40k plus does tags in most units for several years straight has something to do with it.