Now we have less deer.Fortuantely,the hunting,even in the WMU with the lowest dd is still well above average.
That is pure nonsense. hunting in 2G is now well below the 20 year average prior to 2000. Harvest rates of 3 DPSM are ridiculous for the area that was once the prime deer hunting area of the state.
The fact that they reduced the deer herd to improve the habitat is testimate to the fact that they care about the fuoture of both the deer and about hunting.
They didn't reduce the herd to improve the habitat. they reduced the herd to improve the regeneration of commercially valuable trees in the 1% fo the state forests that are harvested each year. The reduction in the herd has produced lower breeding rates and recruitment and lower hunter participation and has jeopardized the PGC's ability to control the herd in the future.