ORIGINAL: explorer_Jack
ORIGINAL: germain
They just legalized full inclusion of crossbows yet the high majority of PA hunters are against it.So why did it happen?Money and a bigger anterless deer harvest.deer harvest.Some say allocations control the kills which is true to an extent but still not all anterless tags are filled.
So is the PGC listening to hunters?I don't think so.People have been saying alot of public lands have very low deer numbers from overharvesting yet what's being done?The jury is still out on 2G.
Seems to me the PGC is driven by money now and that's about it.
Some say the hunters aren't educated yet their classroom is in the field out in reality and not behind a computer yet their knowledge is written off as uneducated.What a freeking joke.
I don't believe it. I said it before I don't think the mass didn't want it. I believe the mass archers didn't want it. I have friends in PA who hunt alot and don't get on the net or buy PA hunting magazines. They said they didn't know anything about Xbow vote. Let me ask this question? The people who herd about this vote about Xbows coming up, Where did you here about it at? Who told you about this vote? Like I said,My PA friends didn't know anything about it till I told them. Was it on the local news or was it in the local papers.How was it advertised for all to know about this decision that was up for a vote?
Uh, mail to the BOC members ran 90% against and 10% for inclusion.
I believe 42 people spokewhile the PGc entertained public comments. 10 for and 32 against.
It was in all the outdoor press repeatedly fron June on and more heavily written about throughout the hunting season when all hunters are most likely to read about such matters. What more proof do you need EJ? How much more public exposure do you expect?
On top of that, no scientific evidence was presented todispute the possible concerns raised by those against inclusion making this a purely social decision.
Add to that the fact that one member of the BOC who voted yes stands to reap financial benefit from full inclusion and the whole thing stinks to high heaven.