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I understand and respect your points of view, but we must agree to disagree I guess to some extent. Yes, traditional hunting camps and generations of hunters going to them have been around since day one. BUT, hunters are not going to keep going back to a place that has no deer. This is the natural effect I was speaking of. I know the NC part of the State gets the most pressure, but I also know that the only way hunters will stay in the same area that has no deer is because they are either stupid or their primary purpose is not to hunt, but to get away from things. Those of us that DO take our hunting seriously and scout an area will quickly realize when there are few deer around, and move to another spot. Common sense.

I firmly believe that state revenue monies can be had by increasing the original license and eliminate those lottery problems in one fell swoop. I also believe that no matter how it is currently run, until PA sets up check stations all you are doing is generating "estimated" figures, and all "overabundance" or "lack-of" in certain areas is basically hearsay. So until the state decides it really WANTS to find out an accurate assessment of what the TRUE kill ratios are by opening check stations, there really is no basis for implementing restrictions on does until people just do not see enough of them. Every hunter I speak with complains about the overabundance of does in there hunting area in PA. Every one. I do not believe we should kill them all, no, but I do believe there is currently no reason to shut down hunting them to a few mere tags, especially when your "professional" clearly states there is a problem. Just my own thoughts, PW12