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Old 06-12-2009 | 04:50 PM
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pats102862
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Default RE: PA VOTED WORST DEER STATE IN NATION
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Cornelius.... I have some free time this morning (since I'm off work) to do some comparisons, for whatever its worth:

Pennsylvania
Land size: 46,055 sq miles.
Population: 12,488,279.
Total # of sportsmen: 1.4 million (hunting & fishing, resident & non-resident combined)
2008 deer harvest: 335,840
Money spent by sportsmen: $3.5 billion to support 51,000 jobs.

Virginia
Land size: 42,774 sq miles.
Population: 7,769,089
Total # of sportsmen: 857,000 (hunting & fishing, resident & non-resident combined)
2008 deer harvest: 253,678
Money spent by sportsmen: $1.3 billion to support 24,000 jobs.


Edit: yano, I think I know you!

Assuming all the sportsman deer hunt, Pa. deer harvest success rate is 24% and Va. is29.5%, So your chances of killing a deer in Va. is 5.5% better than in Pa.I am not running to Va. for 5.5%
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