IMHO, those criticizing Doug for harvesting 7 deer are barking up the wrong tree. Doug is using DMAPS and legally harvesting deer where additional harvests are needed. Notice that he's not spoken of harvesting any in areas where there are few deer. He went out and found the places where deer are abundant.

Doug is helping the resource by doing what he obviously loves to do. Good for him.

If you guys want to take someone to task, go after the guys who claim there are no deer where they hunt but still continue to hunt there with every intention of killing a deer when they find one. IMHO, There's only two possible ways to describe those guys. Either they are wrong about the deer numbers in their area and are just not skilled enough to find the deer or the deer numbers are actuallylow but these guys don't care enough about the resource to hunt elsewhere.

I've harvested 6 in PA this year myself. I did it in 3 different WMU's and utilized DMAP permits as well. Every area where I harvested deer still has them in abundance. Two of us are seeing an average of 25+ deer every day we've been out in the late season. There are also some old favorite spots where I currently do not hunt even though I still would enjoy hunting there. I've let those areas alone because they are getting a level of pressure that, in my opinion, will lead to enough being harvested so I letthem alone.