Originally Posted by
DougE
In Pa,we have around 800-900k hunters.As more and more people started to bowhunt,a higher percentage of the buck harvest was prior to the does getting bred.Biolologists were afraid that this could effect the breeding ecology.They warned that is the harvest got much higher,we could lose the two weeks of the season that fell during the rut.Add more people with a more efficient weapon and this is a real probability.
That makes sense. But of course that's not a case of "the more the merrier". Even if cross bows were not allowed if more take up the sport you could loose the two weeks you mentioned.