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Old 10-03-2008 | 05:53 PM
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bluebird2
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Default RE: Pa Game Comm. Overhaul

I know you find RSB's post quite disturbing ,but let me show you what a nice guy old RSB really is. not many guys would post data that proves they don't know what they are talking about as RSB does routinely. Here is a prime example.
Unit…………………….88-92.…………..93-97.…………98-02.…………..03-07
2A………………………5.09.……………6 .62.…………..8.03.…………….9.49
2G………………………5.48.……………4 .36.…………..4.66.…………….2.35

What the data for 2G shows is that after the habitat had been overbrowsed by much higher deer densities for over 50 years, the habitat supported an antlerless harvest which is more than double the current harvest for 15 years. But, now that the deer density in 2G has been reduced by 50%, RSB is claiming the habitat is controlling the herd even though the habitat did not the control the herd at much higher DD from 1988 to 2002.
Now let's look at what the data from 2A tells us. The PGC told us the habitat in 2A could only support 13 DPSM while the habitat in 2G could support 15 DPSM. from 88-92 the habitat in both 2g and 2A supported a harvest of over 5 doe/SM. But 15 years later the habitat in 2A is supporting a harvest of 9.49 DPSM, which is over 3 times the harvest rate in 2G. So after 15 years the deer in 2A didn't over browse the habitat as RSB claims the would. Furthermore, 2A has 61% regeneration with at least 3 times as many deer as 2G with 42% regeneration.

So ,it is obvious that RSB and the PGC don't listen to what the deer are telling us and have no clue how to manage our herd.

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