"It flies in the face of logic that less deer competing for more food wouldhave a negative effect of breeding productivitywhen there are obviously still plenty of deer out there to breed. "

Bluebirds reaction is not a "knee jerk" since the data clearly shows the rates have declined over the period of years, not simply one or two, but basically the results of the deer plan are shown quite clearly, and one need'nt cherry pick one year to point out the fact that the "improvements" that were predicted DID NOT occur.

Its also quite clear that the reason was, there was nothing wrong with the herd health in most areas to begin with. If there was, it certainly would have shown drastic improvement in the several years we have been reducing the herd, in some areas by over half, and in most areas significantly. I was under the impression Pgc was to use this "health" indicating data towards managing the herd. I guess thats only the case if it would have fit within the deer slaughter agenda.

The fact Pgc has consistently been opposed to change shows that the reasons for the excessive reduction are most likely due to some of the "conspiracy theories"[:-]actually being true, like their catering to eco-extremists demands and others.

Conclusion= miserably failed program, and a management agency badly in need of restructuring. A strict set of checks and balances including performance evaluations should be part of the restructuring to prevent furthered corruption and abuse of duty towards our sportsmen and the resources of our state. Many of which arent recieving the attention they should, due to Pgc preventing themselves from gaining further funding, thanks to irresponsible choices they choose to adhere to, andbasically forced ourlegislators to take actions.