You don't need a crystal ball to see the writing on the wall.

Saying you have no interest in the numbers is either apathy or a cop out. Either way, it means sportsman not holding the commission accountable..... (is it any wonder we don't have all sportsman going in one direction in Pa?) and secondly it means hunters do not have the tools to make educated decisions on deer management if the numbers from our state employees are not believeable.

I actually do believe the numbers are the best estimate of the pgc staff. I usually only disagree with posters who want to believe them when they show something in one direction - then disbelieve them when the numbers go in the opposite!

It surely is a boondoggle to say that you belive the PGC when they say we must cut the herd in half and then say 'oh but I do not believe the yearly harvest stats that show a declining buck harvest for the last 3 years or the total herd numbers' Its hypocrisy if you do....

Pa asked for better buck hunting and got doe tags as a consolation prize. Hunting in the smaller herd will lead to a coninuance of lower buck harvests than before we had ar/hr (with the emphasis on hr)

...no crystal ball needed.

less deer equals l-e-s-s d-e-e-r. Get it?