ORIGINAL: BTBowhunter
Jeff, I wasnt trying to mischaracterize what you said but this post from page 1 sure sounds like you're comparing Ohio to pa in exactly that way
The reason no other state does, infact no one person for that matter,atleast anyone smarter than a 5th grader (other than you that is) does not calculate deer harvest per square mile is because it is totally useless to do so without excluding area's such as Philly. Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, York, Reading, Allentown, Lancaster, etc.,etc, etc., and other urban area's where deer hunting is not taking place. And for you to claim that PA. has a similar DD. as OH. is laughable considering the fact that 450,000 OH. deer hunters harvested around 70,000 less deer than 900,000 + PA. deer hunters did last season. Pike
The only state you mention is Ohio when telling us that the deer density shouldn't be compared with PA because of all those cities.
If I misunderstood what you said there please enlighten us.
BT. once again please stop trying to spin what I said!!
Here is what I said, """""""""""""""RSB. stop trying to spin everything, im not talking about the area's around those cities, im talking about the cities themselves.
For Example the city of York is approx 6 square miles in size and there isnt any deer being harvested within the city limits!!
Your other flaw in using deer harvest per sqaure mile is the state's of PA., NJ., OH., etc. all have different amounts of square miles of cities and towns were 0 deer live (again not talikng about the suburbs were deer are living in peoples back yards) so you are comparing apples to
oranges, for example a much higher % of the state of NJ. is paved and void of deer than PA.""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Then you (BT. Bowhunter) said this in response""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'
BTW, unless you have numbers to back up your idea that Ohio has more land with no deer, that arguement is meaningless. Oh and York may not have any deer within it's city limits wen a highly urbanized city like Pittsburgh has plenty
within it's city limits and, yes, a substantial kill comes out of there every year. I'd bet that some live in and get hunted within the limits of York as well."""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
PLEASE NOTE I DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING IN THIS ENTIRE THREAD ABOUT THE STATE OF OH. HAVING MORE OR LESS AREA'S OF NO DEER THAN PA.!! I ONLY SAID THAT A MUCH HIGHER % OF THE STATE OF NJ. IS PAVED AND VOID OF DEER THAN PA. (LIKE STATED ABOVE)
Now would you be so kind to answer my questions that seems that you over looked?
Is it legal to hunt deer with in the city limits of Pittsburgh?
Is it legal to discharge a firearm/ bow etc. within the city limits of Pittsburgh?
Also BT. why is it for the last 5 decades or so in PA. the highest daily deer harvest's have always been on the first day of rifle season, the 2nd day of rifle season, the first saturday of rifle season and the last saturday of rifle season? Thanks, Pike