Mike,I hate baiting as much as the next guy.It's not going to make hunting harder.They're implementing so that deer can be pulled off of the properties where hunter have little to no access.Do you have a better solution?I have no doubt that you have 1 foot oak seedlings galore.i see places like that from time to time but it's a rare occurence throughout the northern tier.The deer have devistated this part of the state andherd reductions werea bitter but necessary pill.No one lied about that.three years ago I thought is was all a big scam butonce you see the facts,it's easy to understand.

I never had access to private land thatwasn't available to anyone else.Most of myhunting has been and will be done onpublic land.i killed 3 deer last year and two of them were on state forest land and one was on unposted private land owned by a timber company.

I agree that alot of what ALT siad was a sham.The guy was a putz and he made ridiculous claims that could never come true.it still doesn't change the fact that we had too many deer in most places.It also doesn't change the fact that we still have some pretty good hunting opportunities on public land.Pheasants,like autum olive is a non-native species.They disappeared for a variety of reasons,all beyond the control of the PGC.How would expect to a broke agency to fund a reintroduction program?

I've read the grouse study.It's a good read and we would benfit by implementing many of the things mentioned in it.Again,who's going to pay for it?Elk county has three full time food and cover guys that are responsible for maintaining all the game lands,food plots and rifle ranges.These guys have all they can handle now and that's the situation in most districts.Without the much needed funding,who's gonna do all this work and who's gonna pay for it?You guys are so lost,it's frightening.

Chuck,I realize it's impossible to change the misguided opinion of people that have no facts to back up their arguments.It's fun listening to their nonsense though.