DougE:
I live to read your posts on deer #'s & Qdm from Alt's perspective. because i agree with you 1000% due to the area that i hunt in. Clinton/Centre co's in the Loganton (Sugar Valley) area just off rt 80 at the jersey Shore exit. The deer ARE NOT THERE like they were 5 years ago! I built a 6x6 enclosed treestand 14 years ago this year & i sit there from daylight to dark every day of the rifle season. when i first built the stand i would record seeing 50-75 deer a day,,,last year i saw 4 deer!!!! Now,,,my problem is this,,,were in an area that is overwhelmed with Amish,,im sure alot of you have seen me bitch about this in the past,, but im struggling with this issue,,,in a serious way! These people are demolishing the deer herd in our area & theres no way of stopping it due to their survival comes from their farms. Where in any of Alt's stats does it show crop damage deer taken by the Amish? I can find none & if i could would they be accurate???HELL NO! To me this is nothing more that legal poaching for a given culture! I know for a fact that my areas deer densitys are way down & i dont need sum self proclaimed professional telling me any different! My question to you & everyone else is this,,,short of blowing it off & hunting another area,,what can i do about this???

Thanx for any help

Mike