Crazyhorse,I don't know that I live in a blessesd area.We have mostly public land that gets hunted hard,although admittedly,many camps are empty and pressure is way down.The public land around here isn't nearly as rugged as it is in the northern part of 2G and around the Sproul so it generally gets covered pretty good for the most part.Perhaps we are blessed around here as far as thehabitat improvemnts go on our state game lands.I argue that the PGC does a great job because that's what I see around here.Our gamelands have much better habitat than most of the state forest property and most of the private land.I do realize that I'm lucky to live where I hunt and I can spend alot more time scouting than the average person.However,I killed a dmap doe on Moshannon state forest last archery season and only spent one day in there scouting.I killed another dmap doe on the last day of rifle season and never stepped foot on that property before that day.I simply hunted where I knew some timber had been cut and followed a topo to the area.I actually just planned on taking my gun for a walk that day and to explore a new spot.

Ihave plenty of criticism for the PGC butI give them credit where I feel it's do.I think the Elk program is somewhat of a joke and I think it's counter productive to move more elk into overbrowsed habitat.I live on the edge of the elk range and admit that they do very little for me.I alsoadmit that there isn't a habitat problem everywhere and I don't like the way that the whole state is managed at 21 deer per forested square mile.There's many areas,some just 10 minutes south of here than can and do safely support much more deer than that.However,much of the northern tier has been severly damaged by the decades of overbrowsing by a herd that was much too large.The deer weren't the only factor that put us in this position but at this point,they're probably the biggest limiting factor effecting successful regeneration.I'd like to see more deer but I want to see the habitatrespond in a positive manor before that's allowed to happen.Fortunately,I'm beginning to see that happen in mnay places so i'm willing to settle for less deer.Furthermore,I'm sick and tired of the crazy conspiracy theories people dream up.The PGC is in a tough spot but they do the best with what they have.Are they perfect?No way but they aren't out to eliminate all the deer like so many claim.This is a very complicated issue and even the experts don't have all the answers.They do know enough to get us going is the right direction.That doesn't mean some areas won't have some cold spots but there's no way tomicromanage the whole state.Habitat work is very important but it takes time and money whick is something the PGC is lacking at this point.

Mocha,the last increase was nine years ago.They hired additional personel at that time.In fact a friend of mine was hired on the food and cover crew when that happened.Operating expenses have continued to climb but revenues have decreased.it's easy to see what happened.Do you think they're purposefully not doing more habitat improvements?What would be their motivation for doing so?