How the hell can that be whenunder 25% of the licensed hunters harvest a deer. So lets have your numbers there. How many hunters are you talking that are successful where you are at RSB? From what gino,you and dougie and a couple others on here say about bagging more than 4+ deer a season and if there are that many hunters out there who you all claim have no problem bagging multiple numbers of deer. What is the % of licensed hunters who actually bag a deer? 10% maybe lower from yours and other comments? Remember 33% of hunters took a deer if they only took one deer each from the numbers printed. This isn't the success rate of hunters. And you said PA was the best hunting around for someone to have a chance to bag a deer? You just got proven wrong once again on that subject that PA was a great state for hunting. What% of hunters do you say are successful there RSB from yours and others comments on here about taking multiple deer? Oh yea, you few are the only ones who took 3 to 5 deer each.Everyone else only took one. Lets try 16% of the hunters only bagged a deer if they each took 2. Now defend that. LMFAO
The purchase of a hunting license grants the individual the OPPORTUNITY to harvest various game animals but not the guarantee of success.
It's called hunting not killing. If a guarantee is what you require, there are plenty of high fence operations for big game and plenty of preserves for small game. You don't even have to buy a license. Have fun!
For most hunters, opportunity is all they need or want. Those who don't wish to dedicate the effort or lack the talent to capitalize on the opportunities we have here may be happier at a preserve. You've complained about not having enough time. Successful hunters
make the time. Before I retired, I managed to work a 70 hour workweek and still harvest 5-10 deer a year with a good portion (around 40%) coming from public land.
Hunting in PA is simply what you make of it. Your success at harvesting or seeing game, or a lack of it, is a direct product of your own dedication and talents.