You can feed anything you want (except bears) all year long if you are not hunting it. And you can feed in season as long as you don't hunt it (except coyotes) within 30 days after it is no longer detectable. I abide by the regs but I also do what I can to increase my odds of seeing nice deer. It doesn't matter what those deer have in the wild to feed on they can not get the quantity of minerals and nutrition they can with these plots and supplementation. I try to keep the wintering mortality low and keep as many of these deer localized so button buck and fawn killers don't get a chance to kill them. You can hunt anyway you choose by the regs. If you think feeding the way I do is comparable to hunting farm raised deer, you need to consider this.. the deer travel onto public lands just as they do the food plots and these deer go nocturnal just like every other deer. The odds of me shooting a nice deer are as good as the guy who like you does nothing for the deer and expects to receive a benefit by sitting along the travel ways to and from this property. So if AR's don't work (as you see it) what I am doing is. Maybe farming plots would occuppy some of your time like a hobby and then you can manage your own area and be unaffected by whatever programs you dislike in the PAGC. Plus, your blood pressure and health would improve from not getting angry and arguing with everyone on this site. Good Luck to you Bluebird, I wish you could lose some bitterness and find something to make you happy/