"The PGC states that they would still be losing license sales even if there were more deer."
Pgc "states" alot of things and arent very particular about exacting accuracy when doing so. Its all about 'damage control' these days. Would we still be losing hunters with responsible management & reasonable herd levels?? maybe..maybe not. But certainly not at the rate you are when hunters are at an all time high level of dissatisfaction in the state and many saying that is exactly why they quit or are thinking about it! There are many reasons why hunters might quit. Though the failed plan is one more to add to the list, and a huge one.
In a state with previously well over a million huntes and as strong a hunting tradition as anywhere in the nation, in no way should we have been dropping hunter numbers at the same rate as "elsewhere", however not only did we do that, but during the key "management" years of 2001 to 2006 we hemmorhaged hunters at OVER DOUBLE the national average of hunter rate of decline. The national average between those years was 4% according to usfw and according to pgc license sales our decline was about 10%!!
Listen to pgc address hunter decline is laughable at best. See rosenberry explain it away by grouping our license sales from way back in the early 80's till now then comparing to nationwide... If anyone cannot immediately recognize the intent to decieve by doing that, they are wearing blinders. The 80's and 90's werent the problem hunters are complaining about. Its the failed deer plan years.
Gee I guess the brilliant brilliant gifted scientist cant figure out that we didnt have our failed deer plan in the 80's and that the only years that should be compared are from current plan when speaking of numbers lost DUE to that CURRENT PLAN. lmao. Hunters are complaining of numbers lost due to the herd devastation, not the high deer years of the 90's!! So pgc, dont blow smoke up our butts and tell us we are wrong about things and offer up "proof" against things that arent even our actual positions or even close!
Unreal.
Last edited by Cornelius08; 12-12-2009 at 01:42 PM.