The bird and the cornhole claim lies.
Here's just a few stats from the new AWR
% of 1.5 bucks in the harvest in 2001 82%
% of 1.5 bucks in the harvest in 2008 52%
Even more important......
% of 2.5+ bucks in the 2001 harvest 18% Total 36,600
% of 2.4+ bucks in the 2008 harvest 48% Total 59,200 (ALMOST DOUBLE)
And yet the bird has claimed multiple times that we have less 2.5 bucks than we did before
% of doe bred in 2002 93%
% of doe bred in 2008 93%
Yet the bird has claimed multiple times that breeding rates declined
Now as for the cornhole, you know, the guy who's only "proof" of just about anything is to simply yell it out early and often......
He claims 2A should and can support far more deer yet it has the second worst embryo per doe rate in the state. It also has the third worst regeneration rate in the state. yet he screams bloody murder about too few deer where there are clearly too many.
BTW, the deer density in 2A dropped a whopping 1% from 2004 to 2008. I believe Cornhole has referred to that as a slaughter