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Old 11-20-2005 | 06:29 AM
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Default RE: Pa doe tag controversy

I would like to know....from each Pa hunter who has posted negativly about the game department, have you reported every deer you have taken over the years? If not, consider yourself part of the problem....

I haven't posted negatively or positively on this matter, but I'll say that EVERY deer I've ever taken in Penn's Woods I filled out my harvest tags and sent them immediately. That said, I went to hear Dr Alt speak at one of the High Schools a few years back and he made alot of sense. He also stated that he was knowingly putting his neck out on the line, not because he was the New Deer Guy in Pa, but because he predicted that change would not be a very welcome alternative to Pa hunters.Especially the old timers(which is probably 75% of Pa's hunters).When I left that meeting I said to myself I would not pass judgement until atleast 5 years into their plan, so I won't yet. He was right about one thing for sure. Pa hunters drove him out within 2 years. People hated him for what he was doing. Threatened his life! What a Shame! Is that what hunters in Pa have become? Do we actually get involved and get all the facts before posting wild comments on a public hunting forum. Or are we like some others have said, 5 day a year hunters who were spoiled all those years by being able to pull off a side road, walk 100 yards into the woods and kill a spike or doeand go home for another year? I am one of those hunters who have seen a large reduction in doe sightings, but a vast improvement in the number of bucks. I will wait a few more years before I get out my picket signs. I will say that by listening to other hunters and reading some of what people are writing here about doe numbers is kinda scary, it can get you wondering which side is right which side is wrong? Try not to beleive everything you read. Let the experts do their job a little longer. Then pass judgment!
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