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Old 05-03-2004 | 06:23 PM
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Default RE: How many Pa hunters are pleased?

if that happens, yes we may only harvest 100,000 Buck, but that still leaves nigh on 175,000 (give or take a few) to get bigger next year, since that is just about the same number left over nowadays, what with the extra browse and habitat to go around since there are fewer total deer, those 150,000 survivor bucks are going to have plenty of oppurtunity and feed to grow much bigger than they do now.
What is going to prevent hunters from harvesting those extra 175K ? Are we going to have a 5 pt. one side restriction. Furthermore, it is obvious that you are not up to date on what is happening since we only carried over 80k buck in 2002. The only way we will have a 1:1 B/D ratio is if they eliminate buck season for a year and then it won't be sustainable unless we have a 5 pt. one side restriction,which will in reality eliminate buck hunting in PA
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