This is why I hunt private land that I am able to manage myself with little influence from PAGC policies. Buy or lease what land you can and plant what you want, apply whateverlegal and upAntler Restriction you have your sights set on, allow however many doe you have determined to be above 1 to 1 or 2 to 1 ratio to be harvested. And limit traffic on those grounds to keep those deer at ease.

If I felt I had a great chance at harvesting a mature deer consistently on state game lands, I wouldn't have to spend the 100's, sometimes 1,000's of $ a year I do. I have given up on hoping the PAGC is going to do anything better than what they have in the past for the deer. I want big bucks but not at the cost of not seeing any deer for 3 or more days in a row (on public lands).

I feel the PAGC is at a point where a successful outcome of any kind for anything other than turkey and bear isunlikely at best. They have to improve habitat and until they are willing to sacrifice whereever possible they will continue tosee a decrease inhunters and game populations. Eventually they will have little to offer the majority of hunters who will decide to give up hunting or choose to hunt other states where the game they pursue is plentiful. When it gets to that point Ohio is only 6 hrs away from me and I can hunt with my bow from late sept till february 7 days a week, many more opportunites to hunt and many more deer and small game species as well. I want to be able to hunt locally but when there is very little to hunt I won't buy a PA license?