Originally Posted by
hatchet jack
There not being overharvested they were overharvested. Thats why the Hunter numbers have been down in the last 5 years or so. Thats part of the reason the Deer are starting to make a comeback in the State Forest/SGL I hunt in Pike Co. I know what your saying about the habitat and the amount of Deer per Sq mile thats a fact. I still think the PGC went overboard with the amount of Doe tags and the 2 week Doe fest during Buck season. They Had Gary Alt sell us a bag of goods/ BS Deer plan . I agree something had to be done. They should of went about it with a REAL Deer Doctor not some front Man/Bear Biologist and more scientifically. It was a knee Jerk reaction by the PGC and it was wrong.
Hatchet Jack
I never particularly cared for Alt of the way he sold the plan.The message was dead nuts on but the delivery was poor.I still maintain that something had to be done fast and drastic and they did exactly what needed to be done.The gains in the habitat have been huge around here.DCNR took every one of their units out of dmap two years ago in this district and haven't had to fence a timber sale in about 5 years.Just north of here in elk state forest,they started to fence less timber sales but now that the herd is increasing,they have to fence more this year.Now is not the time to let the herd increase in the northcentral part of the state.