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Old 03-12-2004 | 05:33 AM
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From: Jim Thorpe, PA
Default RE: PA Deer Management

1. He has continually over-estimated the size of the deer herd. At 1.6 million deer, that would be over 30 deer per square mile of forested land.
2. The WMU's are too large to properly manage "over-populated" areas; ie. private land holdings.
3. An un-realistic DPM goal. Say goodbye to public land hunting.
4. Did he have any experience managing deer before? Anywhere? Just because your a mechanic doesn't qualify you to work for NASCAR.

The previous admins of the PGC issued too many tags, in some places too, but not to the degree he has. For years, it was nearly impossible to obtain a Schuylkill County doe tag. Now, they can't sell enough of them. You Alt fans are suffering from "10 pt-itis". You think that every 10 pt deer you see in a "hunting" magazine is the norm for that state, and "gee, I want that too". Well guess what, they were here before Alt's programs, you just had to hunt for them, mostly on private or farm land. And they were there regardless of weather/regeneration issues. The only complainers about too many deer had been the forestry and the insurance companies.
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