On P1 of this thread T in PA3 posted the 05 PA anterless allocations. Good info and right on topic. I've watched this topic progress into nothing more than a pissin contest,as usual over the SAME data being thrown around.
Are you saying that once the anterless allocations were posted there shouldn't havebeen any futher discussion regarding the impact of those allocations?
Maybe this will help freshen up the discussion. the last time we had a buck harvest that was lower thanthe 2004 harvest was 1983. In 1983 the PGC allocatd 536,650 anterless tags to be used during a 2 day anterless season . There was no early ML season, no early jr./ sr. early anterless season and no bonus tags.
The 2004 buck harvest indicates that the herd has been reduced to an OWDD that is less than it was in 1983. But in 1983 they issued 537 K anterless tags to control the herd with a 2 day anterless season and in 2005 they issued 879k tags with a concurrent season, an early ML season, early jr/sr. anterless season and an extended anterless rifle season in 2 B and 5C.
Can anyone explain why it would take 342 K additioal anterless tags in 2005 than it did in 1983 ,with the concurrent seasons and all the additional seasons that would increase the anterless harvest?