RE: PA Deer Hunters
I've seen no evidence from the PGC to back that up.However,I have spoken with Cliff Cessna,the biggest taxidermist in this area.He'sages and records each deer that he mounts(over 200 a year).I don't have his records handy but the size of the racks have been going up over the past 20 years for deer in each age class.He's also getting in more deer in the older classes.I went to pick up a buck with my buddy last year and he had several in that were between 6-9 years old.I know personal observation is worthless because a person is only seeing things in a relatively small area.However,the number and size of the bucks I'm seeing this year is better than it's ever been.
Idon't discount the possiblilty that we couldeventually see a decrease inantler size due to highgrading.That's up in the air though since most of our doe are bred before the bucks are killed.