Sproulman,the non-hunters already out number us by more than 9 to 1.I don't see alot of people in the woods around here but when I do see them,usually they're hunters.NowI do see campers from time to time that are mountain biking or hiking but whose to say they don't also hunt.I've seen no evidence that DCNR is trying to end hunting or take our guns away.I have some issues with some of the people running DCNR and they're commentsbut holly cow,they're pushing hunters to kill more deer.That doesn't sound anti-hunting to me.

Show me some proof that the weather has drastically changed over the past few years and that we now have an additional three months of growing season.Even if that were the case,it wouldn't matter.Deer need browse to survive hard winters(we recently had two back to back hard winters).they eat the browse whether it's growing or not.We're seeing more regeneration in these parts because there's less deer.The exclosures prove that's the case.

I think you're forgetting that our state forests are supposed to be primarily managed for timber.they were never intended to be managed for deer,never.You see,those forests are there for the benefit of all residents.The revenue from the timber goes into the state's general fund.You can't expect the 90% of Pa residents that don't hunt to finance our hobby at the expense of the forests.The state game lands are a different story.They are supposed to be managed for game and around here the PGC does an excellent job.What far too many people fail to realize is that Pa was basically one big clearcut at the turn of the century.As a result we have a very even-aged stand of timber.You can't just go in and cleacut big areas until they're ready to be cut.There's a right way and a wrong way to harvest timber.

I live and hunt in 2G.This area has hundreds of thousands of heavily hunted public land.While I have seen less deer recently,it's far from the end of hunting.Ihave no problems finding deer to hunt and I have a full freezer every year.The constant complaining about no deer just baffles me.