Originally Posted by
Lanse couche couche
A serious question here that is NOT intended to start an argument. Have there been any large-scale deer reduction programs anywhere and at any time that didn't end up getting a thumbs down from the majority of deer hunters? I mean to me, asking deer hunters about strategies to reduce the deer population is kind of like asking a classroom of 7th graders if they want less homework or less. The answer that the majority will give is gonna be pretty obvious....
I'm not gonna say anything else here, but would like to hear peoples' thoughts?
Well, you have your answer in PA history...the late nineties. Hnuters jumped right on board with reducing the herd AS EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT THE HERD IS NOW REDUCED. The hunters shot them Lanse...not the PGC. Most welcomed the extra tags and the chance to really fill up the freezer. I'm as guilty as any of them. But we also believed the agency knew what was best at the time. Maybe we also believed deer numbers would never get this low in our lifetimes. regardless of what we believed, we all pulled the trigger, and time has proven that the PGC had alterior motives and we fell for it.