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Old 03-12-2004 | 09:05 AM
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Jason N
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Default RE: PA Deer Management

The reason it is bad is because the primary goal of Alt's plan is herd reduction, not adding more buck. Passing on small deer removes 44% of the potential anterless targets and that will result in much lower anterless harvests ,since fawns are the easiest deer to harvest.
I'm honestly not tryint to spin your words, but you blatently stated that we should kill the easiest targets. I don't agree, but to each his own. Hunting shouldn't be about easy targets. I do agree that the Alt's plan is focused on the reduction of the herd as a whole, but another part of his program is to increase the percentage of bucks in the herd. Before you on about buck:doe ratios, I'm fully aware that our ratios in this state arent' nearly as bad as everyone thinks. I do however think they are worse than 1:2.1. I have read studies that state it's basically impossible to have any worse than 1:4 ratio (I think it as 1:4). If I can dig it up I'll post it.
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