im in PA and been a resident for 21.5yrs and a hunter for 9 years...

IMO im all for antler restrictions...AND i do believe that herd reduction was needed.

our herd has the genetics and food...we just had a HORRIBLE buck to do ratio and lacked age classes...still need to work on the age classes which ARs can help with.

some of the state is doing well...others, well...we need everyone to play by the rules...and need the doe hunters to stop pulling the trigger on the ONLY doe they seen in the season...

NY is pretty similar to the OLD PA from what i understand...

now its to the point that i see as many backs as i do does...its pretty even with me and my hunting party...PA can become a great state to hunt if the hunters would wise up...

got guys shooting illegal bucks...others shooting the ONLY doe they seen all season and complaing theres no deer...illegal buck harvest takes place almost regular on some private land areas....i hear it on the radio a couple times a season but can never pinpoint the slobs...find the dead ones laying in the woods with perfect kill shots on them...just need everyone to cooperate...PA got some awesome habitat from suburbs to farmland to crp land to rolling hills to the hemlock mountains etc...it can be a wonderful place to hunt...

ARs are definently helping...and HR has done its part to get the buck to doe ratio more in balance...now we just need some age class....