Yes, I guess it is all wrong to completely change the data that the PGC regularly receives so that when they extrapolate the numbers it comes out that we have an upward spike in deer population in my hunting area. Then they can use that data to make sure they continue to reduce the numbers in my WMU.

I better quick send my card in so that my 1 kill looks like 3 hunters have had success and now they can bump up our allocation next year. That is much smarter. They use the theory that if more are getting killed the population must be rising and not falling as they want it to.

Again, do I want to trust my love of PA and the outdoors in the hands of those that don't really know what is going on in my neck of the woods. Extrapolating the report cards is foolish and shows nothing.

This year I took a walk after the only good snowfall we had along the appalachian trail. I walked 4 miles in and out through absolute lush prime hunting land. In the past runs crossed at many of the good cover areas. This year I saw what looked like a mother and 2 fawn tracks in those 4 miles. The fields in the area did not have a single track. That was around 48 hours after the storm.

hmmmmm