I agree that the allocations should have been increased in all of the units, like 2A, 2F and 2G, that show poor herd and/or poor forest health. That is what the deer and their food supply are screaming to those willing to hear the message.

The problem is that too many people, sometimes even the professionals, listen to much to the public and political demands instead of to what the deer are saying. It has always been that way and some extent it still is and might always be that way. That is why many areas can’t improve enough to ever have more deer then they have now unless they get a run of good mast crops and mild winters that allow for short term increases.

R.S. Bodenhorn