"What do you really know about other states? "
Probably more than you. Have hunted around a dozen or so for everything from free range wild hogs to coyote to deer. Have family in 2 others,ALso have looked into the management schemes of many through the last several years. Also have read and taken part in discussion on MANY states websites where I have or have had hunting interests.
"One post from another state? I guess you can be forgiven for thatfoolish assumptionbecause you've only been on here for less than a month."
No state is going through what we are. No state has even close to the number and/or percentage of disgruntled hunters, and dont know why you'd even consider expounding on the topic,cause its not one that suits your case in the least...LOL When you have people writing books on Pa deer wars, the subject of deer hunting cannot even be brought up without arguing or derogatory comments...PGC Executive Director Carl Roe cannot even bring it up at meetings without sighing and rolling his eyes!(LOL)....And as we discussed umpteen times....Case ya missed it
Pgc is being SUED, AUDITED, Has GOVERNEMENT INTERVENING, BEING PETITIONED RELENTLESSLY FOR YEARS, HUNTERS DECLINING AT OVER DOUBLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE....And when comparing apples to apples MAYBE EVEN
5 times! Then we have 100's perhaps thousands of people removed from Pgc oriented message boards (like huntpa) in efforts of damage control for nothing other than making posts exactly like these, voicingopinions agains the faileddeer programand stating facts that support them., Almost forgot one...we have had our management team leaders that needed bodyguards....
Ha ha ha. Yeah. Just the norm. Happenin' everywhere?.....Yep. Everywhere eco-extremists are promoting extreme and excessive reduction and the wildlife management people are allowing it....Which is nowhere...Other than us.[:'(]
As for our huge downhill hunter slide...
Pa's license sales; 2001-----1047820
2006----945,892
Basically a 10% decline. NOT within the national average of 4%.
Pa license sales records:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=511&q=159015&pp=12&n=1
Another interesting thing from USFWS. A national survey found that BIG GAME hunting in the US only accounted for 2% decline in that time from. If one were to assume that all of the Pahunters who quit buying licenses in that time frame were DEER hunters, that would mean that our big game hunters quit over FIVE TIMES more than nationally. Now ALL may not have been deer hunters but I think we can agree by far the HUGE majority of our hunters are, and no reason to believe differently of those who quit.