ORIGINAL: bluebird2
The professional wildlife managers of this state have not been proven wrong. That is nothing more then your goofy and twisted perception and what you want people to believe.
Here is a partial list of the things the experts got wrong.
1. ARs did not double the number of 8 pts.
2. We do not have more and larger buck than ever before.
3. The buck harvest did not return to normal as predicted.
4. There never was a problem with the B/D ratio.
5. ARs did not reduce the breeding window as predicted.
6. Breeding rates and productivity did not increase as predicted. Instead statewide breeding rates decreased by 5%.
7. There never was a problem with late born fawns as Alt claimed there was.
8. Reducing the herd to the biodiversity CC in 2G did not produce the increase in regeneration that was predicted and forest health is still rated as poor.
9. WMUs that were once rated poor or fair for herd health are now rated to be at their targeted goal, even though productivity has not increased.
10. Predicted increases in productivity did not come close to making up for the effects of HR ,so the sustanable harvest has been reduced by around 40%.
It's pretty bad when an armchair biologist can make more accurate predictions that professional wildlife biologists.
Not quite. Your score one the TRUE/FALSE was dismal
1
FALSE! That was never claimed
2
TRUE! Gary Alt did stick his foot in his mouth on this one
3
FALSE! The buck harvest is now closer to what normal should beif the goal is good deer management and runni9ng a deer farm
4
FALSE! Anyone who hunter here before HR knows that one is delusional
5
FALSE! Cute trick! AR alone was not expected to reduce the breeding window. AR + HR + early doe harvests wereall needed to dothat
6
FALSE! Your misconceptions on this one have been patiently explained several times by RSB on this forum. Sorry you still can't grasp the concept
7
FALSE!(see # 5)
8
FALSE! and misleading. The forest health while still poor, is considerably better than before. Mother nature can fix herself but it doesnt happen overnight
9
FALSE (see # 6)
10
FALSE less deer = less deer! The harvest is less but much closer to what it ought to be for a wild healthy herd in a wild healthy habitat. Again, PA is not your personal deer farm.
So we could listen to the armchair biologists and have this.....
Or we can stay with the pros and have this.........
