Increasing tag allocations in these areas are not going to help with out land access either. Guess what? Unless someone has access to these lands and can take the appropriate amount of deer each year there is no answer.
Agreed. But that wasnt my main point. The point was that we have areas within the same WMU that have huge differences in deer population and DMAP is not completely addressing the problem. I realize no plan will eliminate all the hotspot/coldspot problems and I accept the fact that some hunters will need to change hunting locations, however unpopular that may be. My point is that we shouldnt see the very large difference within the same WMU's that the PGC claims were chosen for their similarity in habiatat.
I dont advocate the old county system either, but, IMHO we didnt do the wildlife any service by shifting to the huge WMU's we now have. I would suggest units defined by roads and streams,as the current WMU's are, but also determined by the habitat and population.
How would we start? Well, first we need to have a more credible reporting system. We already are required to list the township of our kill. With more consistent reporting and utilizing information already required, we could start to define areas that are inconsistent with the current WMU goals and work to adjust them.
It wouldnt be easy but it ought to produce more consistent results...JMHO!!!