It is easy for one to adopt a holier than thou attitude when one is not effected by the results of the PGC's mismanagement of our herd and is able to defeat the PGC's efforts to control the herd , while ignoring the effects on surrounding land owners. While you are only concerned about your personal success,some of us are more concerned about the success of our fellow hunters and the future of deer hunting and the future of the PGC,which is a concept that apparently escapes you.
Here is what the managers of the KZQDC ha to say about the effects of HR.
As before, highest number of deer brought to check stations in 2008 came on the first day
(Fig. 28). Excepting 2007, when hunting condition on opening day featured an all-day rain and
dense fog, an average of 58% of deer brought to check stations are checked the first day, and
an average of 75% are checked during the first two days. As before, these results indicate the
influence first and second day harvest has on total harvest.
Hunters encountered fewer deer opening day during the 2005 -2007 rifle seasons than
during the 2001-2004 seasons (see Table 3) and many may have become disgruntled and quit
hunting after the first day in latter years.