You are just fooling yourself to think that the hunters are doing all the damage. Farmers are allowed to kill as many as they need to - to keep the crop damage down. One farmer in my area shot over 120 deer in one year- next to the PA gamelands because he felt that they were cutting into his crop production.
i have a farmer friend that told me he was only allowed to kill 1 deer every 28 days year round, but had to give the PGC the hide before they got the next tag to use within the next28 days....did they change something within the last 2 years.................bob
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