Yeah because everyone knows Pgc are always unfairly picked on by the irrational meanie sportsmen who have no legitimate gripes. PGC are just a bunch of innocent victims pure of heart...

Nonsense aside, there are alot of people who misunderstand and then unintentionally misconstrue basic concepts and distort them far out of context. Deer herds in line with habitat will fair better than one that isnt. And for the most part, ours always was under max cc, and surely is now! lol.

However..harsh extreme winters will take deer even when the herd is "inline" with the habitat. Ask Maine. If you lose significant numbers of deer during "normal" conditions for winter, then and only then do you have a problem....and in Pa losses have never been above that which should only be considered normal and expected. Minimal.

Pgc had done winter mortality "counts" by surveying sections of each wmu. There has never been any real issues and to my understanding they dont even bother doing it currently.

Im pretty sure, a higher mortality count would be expected this year than a normal year. Again, only to be expected.