You danced around my real point. This is not the first time a license increase was a tough battle.
Yes there are "other" reasons for their resisting smaller WMU's. It would be a huge undertaking. Besides the obvious costs, it would be a law enforcement nightmare. We still have people who can't figure out which WMU they're in now when they're huge and well defined by major roads. Imagine if each big WMU was divided into, say, 5 smaller units. Think the beaaatching would stop? Nope.
As for the PGC endorsing deer contraception, sorry corn but you are 100% all wet on that one. The only mention of it I've seen is in the recent deer chronicle. First, the chronicle reports that EPA (The feds) have approved it. Reporting a fact is not an endorsement. The chronicle questions its' effectiveness, spells out it's limitations and then closes with this statement......
All of this means any potential use of GonaCon will not be simple. The federal registration of GonaCon opens a new chapter in deer management options. However, some of the same old issues – such as drug effectiveness, and the ability to capture and treat a large proportion of the population – will remain substantial challenges. Given the unproven nature of these drugs to control or manage a free-ranging deer population, any Game Commission guidelines for their use will be designed to rigorously test this drug in real world circumstances.
(Emphasis in red by me)
If thats an endorsement, I'd hate to see how they criticize something.