In 1988 bonus tags started, the herd may have been increasing in some parts of the state but not in the North central, they pounded the heck out of the doe from 1988 until around 2003 now we have these goof ball that say the deerstarved to death up there, I don't mind having less deer in places but don't lie about why we have less.

Bonus tags as such, ended in 1996. During that period ('88 to '96)we saw little difference in thelarge numbers ofdeerwe had by then,in the part of 3A that I hunt in. Deer numbers didn't start to noticeably drop around there,untila few yearsafter concurrent seasons started in 2001.

At least in "my" area of 3A, deer had increased greatly by the late 90s, over what had been the norm for the previous 30 years I'd hunted there. Most of that increase was noticeable from the late 70s on.By the late 90s it wasn't unusual to see over 80 deer per day (mostly doe), while hunting in firearms seasons.

Now I know from past experience, that one here will spout his nonsense that no one cares what I saw, nor did the PGC care what I or others that hunted in the same area saw. Nor do any of my observations count. Only his observations count and since I can't read 'em...so be it.

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