Originally Posted by
Cornelius08
Found it very interesting. A poll on hpa with results similar to this one... there is a poll in the ar hr forum that asks if you are happy with current level of hr....
120 said no. 47 yes.
Thats even after all the "opinion cleansing" and clearing out of much of the opposition to the deer plan that occurred over there previously, and having quite a few pgc employees, a handful of commissioners posting from time to time, dcnr guys, foresters and audubon types etc as regular posters... And thats still all the support the plan could muster.
Interesting indeed when considering the source as you said. Overall not really surprising though, in that most people arent as unintelligent as they'd like to believe. Hunters are much more efficient, not only towards technology, but in how their days afield are spent. Between more primitive seasons and the downward spiral in deer numbers, youre forced to be more efficient or you go home empty handed. Add to that fact theres much more information available in recent years concerning habitat, reproduction, etc...it makes it that much more difficult to BS the so called average hunter. The hunters left promoting the DMP are mostly private landowners, live in predominantly high dpsm areas, or are affiliated somewhat with the PGC/DCNR. If the situation doesnt turn around, you will see more people "jumping ship". I said before, the PGC is in the position of sink or swim. They better start paddlin'.