"We have been over the reason for the statewide decline time and again."

You've made unsubstantiated claims TIME AND AGAIN and little else. The results show declines as compared by pgc in the annual reports table. Unless you believe them to be complete idiots, the data was intended to be compared to previous years of it wouldnt have been presented in the manner in which it was.
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As for "more and bigger bucks as we'd been promised, its a big joke. Ive been regularly underwhelmed by the number of quality buck posted in the paper this year, and today is no exception.

Seems Pgc is making their usual excuses. Seems prior to the season we were gonna have a BIG-BUCK free for all if you'd believe pgcs prediction for the coming year. The ehd hit area was supposed to be fabulous, thee place to be because according to pgc not many shot deer there and ehd deaths were insignificant.(although those of us whod seen the rotting corpses and single digit deer density afterwards in many areas knew better)[:'(] And the entire state benefited because of tons of bucks saved by rain on the first day...

What Im seeing in the paper doesnt support those rediculous claims and the local wco has apparently taken notice because he is now making excuses as well.

Excerpt from the article by Rod Shoener: GREENE DEER HERD STILL ON THE REBOUND

Western Greene County Wildlife Conservation Officer Rod Burns said there were some trophy bucks roaming the county this year, but not as many as some hunters might have believed.

He blames that on a "terrible" mast crop. Deer that would normally feed in the woods were forced into open fields to find nourishment. Many of those deer were productsof anter restrictions and sported some really impressive racks...(Ha ha ha[8D])....BUT they were not just the tip of the iceberg as many might have believed. In some cases that was the bulk of the population for the entire area!


HA HA HA. The only reason some might have thought there'd be more is if they made the big mistake and listened to pgc ever since last season! (LOL)More and bigger bucks. What a joke! I loved the preseason headlines of hunter should have the best season for big bucks in 50 years etc. Has been high expectations and promises every year from pgc, yet the yield never comes. The scoring sessions were a joke. The bucks pictured in the papers usually dont even have as many big bucks as we did in the past, and the lies are more sickening to hear by the year.