I disagree. My camp is in the ANF (2F) and not a week goes by without someone writing in to the local paper crying about no deer. Our group hunted land open to the public and saw plenty of deer every time we hunted and saw several nice bucks.While there are places where we saw less deer than 10 yearsago, that was habitat that was severely degraded from too many deer for too long.

While it's true that some have seen the productivity of their favorite stand go downhill in recent years, those hunters who are willing to adapt are still seeing and harvesting deer. At least that's how it is in our part of the state.

I will say that we've moved our huntingarea to places where timber harvesting hashelped the habitat. Instead of crying out for less doe tags, it might be more productive to ask why the PGC has repeatedly underharvested their timber in recent years.