Here's a bit of BS vs the science
Corny said:
Brent, the reductions over most of the state have been drastic and unsupported by science. The "science" that was supposed to monitor our progress was largely the reproductive data. Our breeding rates, timing, embryo counts per doe and number of adult does bred were all to be "barometers" to judge our progress..
Since this "Plan" Our number of adult does bred declined from 92% steadily all the way to 85%! OUr numbers of embryos per adult doe declined steadly significantly,l and breeding timing according to Pgc HAS NOT changed one bit.
The PGC report that Corny used partial data from said:
WMU deer health assessments were gased on reproduction from 3 consecutive years, 2004 to 2006. We pooled these 3 years because annual sample sizes for each age class are too small to make reliable inferences.
But of course, Corny chooses to use only the "facts" that fit his warped ideas of how things are
Then he said:
So that shows there was nothing wrong with our statistics in the first place, since it correlated with that of many other states... And had no improvement as predicted even though reductions were SEVERE.
The PGC had several other state game agencies review their methods....
As a part of ongoing evaluations of our methods of monitiring deer population trends, we conducted an external review of our modified SAK methodolgy. In 2006, we asked deer biologists and biometricians from various states in the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest to review our modified SAK procedure. Results of the peer review generally found our methods to be reasonable and logical.
One of the lynchpins of the USP's frivilous suit is that the PGC has no reliable way to count our deer. It seems that several other states think Pa is doing OK
here's the whole report for anyone who would like all the facts, not just the ones that Corny and BB would like you to see
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/lib/pgc/reports/2007_wildlife/21001-06Z.pdf