ORIGINAL: Cornelius08
"As long as PA stays a one buck state what difference does the seasons make? We have basically two months to kill a buck,hell I don't care if you chose to tag a road kill,as long as it stays one and your done"
With over 900,000 hunters, you hafta watch the amount of "opportunity". Doesnt matter one bit that there is only one buck tag apiece. Our buck numbers and age structure arent exactly stellar due to the high harvest level, and thats with only a 10-15% hunter success rate on buck.
As deer numbers fall so will the success ratio, I don't feel with the one and your done buck tag that you can kill to many bucks.Private land ,posted land and just un hunt-able acreage will protect enough to maintain breeding opportunities for the fittest.
Its the uncontrolled doe harvest that concerns me.And falling hunter numbers might solve that too.