RE: PA Deer Management
The management decisions prior to AR were based on the same OWDD tables as Alt used , prior to switching to the new OWDD goals . The diffference is the previous biologists didn't lie about the effects of herd reduction like Alt did. They didn't claim that we could double the number of 8+ PT or that we would have more and bigger buck that we have ever seen before. They didn't send mixed messages by claiming we can carryover more buck in over browsed areas without hurting the habitat even more. They didn't tell hunters to pass on small anterless deer in order to protect BB. They knew that 44% of the anterless harvest is fawns and that telling hunters to pass on BB would decrease the efficiency of the doe tags issued.
The lies and conflicting goals are the reasons why Alt generates the distrust that he does.