I to didn't and won't shoot does in areas that have low deer numbers. with that said some problems are and we all know a few of these people in PA that they are the 1-5 day a year hunter and dont pay much attention to whats going on w/ the deer herd. and if they could get those extra tags well yeah they did and blasted away. Also there where the hunters that really did and do still believe that we have too many deer in areas that are already at 12 or less dpsm. so yes we the hunters were the ones that blasted all the deer away. but now is a time to take a big look at the state and see that there are areas w/ very low numbers and the hunters should hold back on shooting does and also the PGC should act on not giving out so many tags in those areas.. then we come to the part w/ the smaller WMU's. and how do we pay for that and so on. its a tough battle but its got be be a team effort. the last thing this state needs are outside groups like the DCNR and Audubon to wipe out the herd completely. or a lot worse than we are now.
i do believe that there are places w/ outta control deer numbers and that's where the tags should go and the hunters should go. other big problems are w/ private land. a lot of this land is not aloud to be hunted. i think i read a study that they said that 80% of land owners dont allow hunters on the land. but those same land owners are some of the top people that complain that there are too many deer. so i would say PA has a lot of problems to be solved. IMO[/align]