ORIGINAL: rem700man
BB:
How in the ever livin he!! can you base your opinions (giving the fact that you hate the PGC) on the PGC data on breeding rates and productivity???????Im not bustin your stones or nothing but,,,,you have contradicted everything for the last 3 years that the PGC and R.S.B. has tried to tell ya!??
I do not hate the PGC, but I do disagree with the current deer management plan. The PGC has done some very good things over the years and I have a lot of respect for many PGC employees including WCOs and deputies. Furthermore, I think Dr. Rosenberry is a nice guy who was paced in a bad situation by the lies Alt told to sell the plan.
Unlike many who support the plan, I never questioned the breeding rate data, productivity or harvest data. I have yet to find a case where there is a rational reason for questioning that data or any indication they manipulated the data. However, they may present the data in a way that makes them look good or they may misrepresent what the data shows. Instead they reported that breeding rates and productivity decreased when they were predicted to increase. they reported that the 2.5 buck harvest in 2007 was less than in 2002 even though Alt claimed ARs would double the number of 2.5+ buck. They also admitted that only 2% of the buck harvested were 3.5 buck even though they tried to disguise it.
So you see I did not contradict everything the PGC has told me, but their own data contradicts what they had predicted.