Cornelius we probably could go on and on and never agree on much of the deer program. IMHO the deer program isn't going to get changed based on whether or not a fee increase is granted.

Lets set our differences on deer numbers aside for a minute. If we assume for a moment that the ecoweenies and commercial interests have as much influence as you claim, a failure to increase license fees would just accelerate the need to take money from the non hunting public.
With that will undoubtedly come the demands formore cloutfrom commercial, non hunting, andworse yet, anti hunting interests!

How can huntersexpect to gain influence by turning our backs? By fighting an increase on the grounds of the deer program, We're setting ourself up forother interests to gain even more ground.

I'm sure the anti's are just watching and salivating over this whole USP suit, license fee blackmail, huge division of hunters in Pa. They are waiting in the wings to jump in and take over and we'll be handing them all the bullets they need to win their war against us. Divide and conquer is an old strategy but it always works when the divded fail to see the bigger picture.