RE: Did PA's deer managment need to change?
The first thing you need to learn is our B/D ratio is not out of whack. That was the first big lie Alt told when he started selling his plan.
The B/D ratio has been around 1: 2.1 for the past 5 years and that is an acceptable B/D ratio. What is misleading is many mistake the antereled /anterless ratio as the B/D ratio.
For example,if at 1:2 B/D ratio, that buck breeds 2 adult doe that have twins that survive and you see those deer togeter in the fall. The B/D ratio is 1:2, but the anterled /anterless is 1:7. If someone shoots the buck in archery and that group of 6 anterless joins another similar family group the ratio becomes 1:13.