"patrkyhntr" you really need to "Get A Grip." I never realized that Franklin County was that poor a county for small game. Too bad. But I will tell you not to hold you breath waiting for the PGC to improve your county's small game hunting, or the deer hunting for that matter. If you had taken the time to go to the special House Fish & Game Committee meeting last spring you would have heard the chief PGC forester state that they were aiming for 5 deer per square mile or less. I'm sure your in approval. (Stay the course.) But then, you were probably too busy to attend that meeting.

"Would you cut trees to make up the shortfall in funding that exists?" Yes, absolutely! You must know as well as the agency that they have deliberately cut less than their ownstated goal of a full 1 %.Anyone could understand that occuring once in a while, but to have it happen EVERY YEAR for the past 6 or more years isinconcievable. It's called NONFEASANCE!

You keep asking "Where does the money come from?" The question you should be asking is Where did the money go?

Look up the defination of NONFEASANCE, and you'll probably see a group picture of the leaders of the PGC.

As for moving to New Jersey, I'll have to pass as it's just a few miles for me to cross over several of the bridges that connect to NJ, but if I were you, I'd seriously think about relocating to a more game productive county. Franklin appears (by your account) to be burned out with little prospect of recovery any time soon.