[quote][ agree with things remaining the same due to the current political structure. I attended a bow hunter education class recently. After the warden finished teaching his don't harm the trees lecture (which comprised 1/2 the 45 min lesson) he claimed the commission recieves little feedback from the hunters in regard to concerns. He claimed a "hot topic" was 7 letters. The part I find troubling is most hunters feel the commission doesn't give a s!#+ and won't do anything anyway. I feel the same way. It's difficult for someone to get a live person to answer the phone, forget about them returning your call. /quote]

You covered a lot of ground w/ that statement! Trees, cut them down and let the undergrowth come up. We selective harvest trees and I garuantee the deer come runniong to that sound. In addition to turkey, grouse (suprisingly) and deer that move into the thickets for protectionn etc. Cut them trees!
I can't call anyone a liar of I don't work in the office w/ them but 7 letters? Hell, just get on any web site forum that has an association w/ PA and you will get reams of mis and information. Jeeze. there we go w/the PAPGC thinking we do not have a clue and them knowing they are responsible only to themselves. I want o be constructive in crottcizing the PAPGC but they have just peed on our deer stand for too long, I truly beleive very few give a darn about our thoughts and beleifs.
I hunt mostly in 2D and we do NOT have a deer problem. The only problem we have w/ deer is a lot of them and the PAPGC not enforcing the laws against the Amish hunters.
I was very suprised to see that the hunt in the foirst week of gunwas buck only and doe in the second week, that also left a lot of doe tags in 2D which really suproised me. They don't get that people cannot or do not take a week of anymore for hunting camp. Phenom of the past sorry to say. So the regular guy will not be out the forst day after a buck but wait for that one day off for the doe/meat hunt. That should be a real shootout !

When you mention scopes and Xbows be aware that Compounds have some of the most sophisticated missle sites I have seen in the the world and military. I would not think that is a good argument for excluding a Xbow hunter form your clubs.