Whether you realize it or not ,it is the PGC ,not the USP that has provided all the ammunition any anti-hunting group needs to file a suit against the PGC. By claming that durng the last five years with record antlerless harvests, extented seasons and record harvests ,hunters have been ineffective at reducing the herd ,they have support the anti-hunters claim that hunters are not able to control the population.. They also implemented AR's in SRA areas which plays into the trophy hunter claims of the anti -hunters. Also, they conducted the hunter movement survey which implied hunters were lazy and inept and didn't hunt far from the parking lots. The study also claimed that the deer and the habitat were controling the deer population in the big woods, not the hunters.
All those factors support the claims of the anti-hunters and the documentation was provded by the PGC ,not the USP.
First, the PGC has not claimed that hunters have been inneffective rather they admited that their deer model needs improvement and they have also recognized the lower deer densities and have consequently lowered antlerless tag allocations. All the while the USP has been singing the same old song of "not enough deer" for close to twenty years.
The hunter movement study showed what really happened in the study area. Was the PGC supposed to make up the results?
USP has shown itself to be the voice of the selfish hunter who still wants a deer behind every tree. Most other sportsmans organizations recognize our deer program as less than perfect but are willing to be reasonable in their efforts to work things out. USP has the mentality of "put it back the way it was or else" This time or else means we'll sue you.