The PGC has done everything possible to drive the casual hunter away from the sport. Implementing ARs while reducing the herd by 40% was a disaster. It made it a lot more difficult for the average hunter to harvest a buck. Implementing ARs made matters worse by reducing the perceived number of deer by 20-30%. As a result total license sales decreased ,non-resident license sales decreased and junior license sales decreased even though the had been increasing until 2004.