ORIGINAL: the outsider
The amount of hunters in support of antler restrictions in Pennsylvania is also increasing as can be seen in the following.
Hunter support for antler restrictions:
2002.…………………57 %
2007.…………………63 %
How many hunters were polled? 10%? 20%? 50%? Polled statistics are how accurate? Either way, this isn't an ovewhelming % of hunters that support AR's. And at this rate, it will take 25 more years to have 90% approval rate.
Both polls were conducted by professional poll taking firms that used reliable samples of hunters by using a cross section of all license buyers.
How overwhelming should it have to be? Should we also required elected officials to have more then a 63% vote before we say they are a winner?
I’ll bet if 50.1% had said they didn’t want antler restrictions you would be jumping up and down if the Game Commission still decided to keep them though wouldn’t you?
The fact is that antler restrictions are gaining in support because hunters are seeing positive results that they like.
R.S. Bodenhorn