RE: Pennsylvania deer kills drop
The PROBLEMS with running this agency (PGC) is that politicians are the ones pulling the strings. Slick Ed Rendel and his expeditious crew of spenders must receive their cut from the profits. Most game lands are all but paid for by sportsman or conservation groups. Where is the revenue for licenses, fines, special tags, hunter safety course fees, the thousands of acres of forests raped for cash, and don't give me the excuse that clear cuts produce more game and ground foliage. Selective cutting will produce more habitat, ground cover and food source for game. There is also impounded items used in violation of the game laws. How many hundreds of thousands of dollars collected from Elk permits? And don't forget the doe licenses. That paper money the PGC prints each year for those who would like to harvest one of the doe the PGC tells us are walking down the streets of Philadelphia? We need more money, print some more tags. Amazing, a few years ago whenI purchased an archery stampI wasentitled to harvest a doe and buck. You want more doe harvested, but remove the doe tag from the archery stamp. Why is that? Doesn't have anything to do with the money left on the table, does it? How about an audit of ALL the money generated by the PGC, including the tree harvest revenue and post every cent in the Game News? I justwitnessed our Lebanon CountyWCO driving a brand, spankin new 4x4 with all the bell and whistles the other day. Guess that is also a necessity for the job. God forbid they have to buy a usedvehicleor fleet order. What WCO would be caught dead in a 2001 with vinyl seats and no a/c.When you lose your job, do you go out to get a loan so you can continue your extravagant life style or cut back on unassentials? I know what special Ed's answer to this would be. See if you can't set up some slots inthat real nice office in Harrisburg.