Those are some interesting stats Jeff, a few things that interest me are that in VA, 29% of archers are successfull and that number only increases by 8% for PA rifle hunters. Also, their are so many other things that factor into the "success rate" for PA that are off record. We have possibly the least efficent/accurate counting system not to mention that the herd reduction has caused hunters here to start purchasing doe tags and throwing them awhile while still reporting that they filled them. Also figure that it is believed by alot of hunters that the PGC is pumping up the "harvest" numbers to make it seem as though the deer population is still too high and allow them to continue on with the massive herd reduction.

Also, according to the PGC, those numbers are wrong. In the 2006 season, there were a total of 361,560 deer shot in PA, that is both for archery and rifle. 135,290 antlered and 226,270 antlerless.

Like I said in my thread that I started Jeff, until you can fully experience what the pressure does to the deer from those 1 million plus hunters entering the woods with rifle in hand, you can't begin to understand how the deer movement drops/stops. All things equal, yes, a rifle would be"easier" to hunt with, but things aren't equal in most areas.