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Old 12-29-2008 | 12:15 PM
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Cornelius08
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"Will we see a license increase? "

Nope. Absolute impossibility. Chairman of Fisheries and Game committee Staback basically stated that this situation needs to be a lot better than it is now, and wouldnt even be considered otherwise. He stated possibly if things are rectified, possibly in 2010. He said in 2009, NOT gonna happen period.

"Any more changes in antler less seasons ,I.E. shorter or longer seasons in other areas? "

I dont think so. I see little problem with actual season structure, and they are already evaluating the changes in the wmus for 1 week antlerless and will do so for a few more years before even considering changing others.

"More tags ? Less tags? DMAT's good or bad?"

Same ol' Same ol'. More than enough to hold herd to very low levelsandreduce in others.

"What will come of the pheasant program? "

Nothing at all this year imho. I would STRONGLY suggest a stamp in the near future.

"What would you like to see implemented?"

One thing and one only. Reasonable numbers of antlerless tags. I don't believe that "appropriate" allocations will be the norm into the future even if pgc does give in for one year soon to gain the license fee increase...Thereafter it will go right back to the treehugger agenda for another decade until they have to crawl once again and try to "make nice" in order to get more cash once again. Only fix? Clean house on the board of commissioners. Somehow we need to stop the steady influx of eco-fruitcakes onto that board![:'(]

I agree with some of your post jim, but not the fact that PGc has to rely on doe allocations as a tourniquet.If they started acting a bit more concerned with the sport of hunting make appropriate actions known publicly and took the doe tags to reasonable levels, there would almost DEFINATELY be a license fee increase coming the following year. They would have far more to gain monetarily by getting the license fee increase. They could also easily survive the year with fewer doe tags until they recieved the increase. With each year that goes by and they remain headstrong,the less likely that will still be the case.
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