Instead of qoutingnumbers that have no tangible relationship to this conversation why don't you mention the actual harvest figures?

I assume you haven't posted them because you haven't done the research. If you have please post them.

This is what I found...


2003 50k permitsissued.....22,500 does harvested
2004 75k permitsissued.....19,500 does Harvested


In response the decline in harvested does in 2004 the state has reduced the 2005 permit issuance by 30% to 52k permits.

Which part of this data points to "Gross Mismanagment".

The entire states harvest rate droppped 12% in 2004. The drop in 2c was 14%.

Do you have idea of the statistical significance of this data?

What was the states management goals for 2c in 2004 and 2005?Did they intend for an increase or decrease in total herd numbers?

What percentage of the official harvest numbers are actual hunter reports, and what percentage are statistical estimations? What is the expected annual error rate of those estimations?

Answer some of these questions and thenyou can begin to have an educated discussion of the merits of your "gross mismanagment" belief..