RE: There is hope in PA. Crossbow not quite a done deal!!
2b has some access issues and no rifle season.
Areas without those issues are already slaughtered and continuing to decline despite goals of stabilization. Doe harvest added by crossguns could be countered with allocation adjustment. But that should already be occurring and is not. Therefore, no reason to believe it will be with xguns either. xguns will have far more potential maleffect OUTSIDE of the sras.
Also, buck harvest also cant be adjusted, and the numbers are dropping. Gun hunters are already pizzed about the pgc slaughter, and makes them like the archery harvest even less... How they gonna feel if more buck are harvested before they even hit the woods? Not good. Considering the pathetic buck harvests of the past couple years, it wouldnt even take a ton of added harvest to really make a difference these days.