Make no mistake, the people who mismanage the agency are very concerned with these figures.They too surely took note of the terrible figuresconcerning the nonresidents and archery figures. That really has to hurt.Joe Neville will use every opportunity to take cheap shots at the USP, but the figures are PGC figures. The USP had nothing to do with them.No one juggled the books on this one. The figures and facts speak for themselves.

Certainly these horrible numbers will lower as the hunting season approaches and reluctant hunters give in and buy a license. Perhaps some hunters just want to make the PGC sweat. Others really have given up and are going out of state. Out of staters aren't coming to Pennsylvania.Pennsylvania had a 6% drop in license purchases last year (down from an initial 11%). If PA loses another 6% the monitary loss will be significant(12% over 2 years). Should it reach 15 or 20% or greater this yearyou can be sure there will be some management changes. There should have been a management shake-up when hunter participation fell to 6%. Any respectable corporation that had that much of a loss would have taken the loss seriously and moved to correct the matter. The PGC has chosen to "Stay The Course." (Much like the Titanic.)

It's called INCOMPETENCE, and we pay for it in more than just dollars.

I wonder if there are any figures for license sales in the surrounding states, WV, NY, MD, DL, NJ. Now thier figures would be very interesting........