ORIGINAL: T_in_PA3
Rule #1, Don't believe what you read in Jim's articles.
Rule #2, Read #1 again.
Just read his article. His comments about James Grace & Comm. Boop are off. Heck Slinsky wasn't even at the Commissioner's meeting. I was!!
In 2000 the PGC said a harvest of 301K anterles kept the herd stable.
In 2001 the PGC said a harvest of 283K anterless reduced the OWDD by 8%.
In 2002 the PGC said the harvest of 352K anteless deer allowed the OWDD to increase by 1.6%
In 2003 the PGC said the harvest of 323 K anterless deer kept the herd stable.
In 2004 the PGC said the harvest of 284 K anterless deer indicated the herd population was declining in some WMU's so they reduced the anterless allocations by 20%.
BTW, the total harvest in 2000 was 504K and the harvest in 2004 408K,so why did the 2004 harvest reduce the herd if the 2000 harvest which was much larger only kept the herd stable.
Now , can anyone show me where Jim made any statement that were more outrageous than the claims made by the PGC over the last five years?