I personally feel that it really does not matter what the commission does. Why? Simply put, PA has way too many hunters to get the herd in healthy balance. Actually let me rephrase that. Too many hunters in particular areas. Most state game lands are hunted to exhaustion every season. Most of the legal bucks are killed and we are left with small spikes and "Y" bucks. In these areas, the deer typically don't have the food source to generate big racks. This is not from over bowsing either. Agriculture areas stand the best chance of generating bigger bucks each year. But look at where most of the game lands are.. mountainous areas. These areas generally don't produce a decent size buck in its first couple years. These deer need more time to grow these racks. But, in most cases they are whacked in their 2nd or 3rd year as a small 6 or even small 8.

I think the deer herd management is going pretty well. The buck/doe ratio has been out of whack for quite some time. That part of the management is legite. I have serious questions on the part that they tell us that the buck hunting is going to get better.