SM,the slashed the allocations in 2G from 5200 two years ago to 29000 and this year it will be 19000.That has and will continue to decrease the pressure.I see way less pressure today than I did just five years ago.

If you think bad winters in poor habitat won't effect the recruitment rate of fawns,you have no clue what you're talking about.Once a doe loses 20-25% of her body weight,she'll most likely abort or lose her fawns shortly after birth.Even if the fawns do survive,if they're undernourished,they're a much easier target for predators.A deer needs several pounds of high quality browse to to survive a bad winter.Try and find 5lbs of browse for a single deer in many areas of our northern tier.Multiply that byseveral deer and at least 60 days and you'll see how easy it is for a doe to lose that kind of weight.

There's plentyof remote areas in Pa that have very low populations and recieve very little hunting pressure.Why do you suppose the herd has decreased so much in these areas over the past few years?