sorry bt bowhunter but it was Dr. Alt who said each tweak he performed would do great things....not me. He said earlier seasons would do wonders. They did not.
You musta talked to a different Gary Alt than I did. Or are you getting your "Alt proclamations" second hand?
He said, not me, that hunting would get better right away (even before AR) he took steps to put more emphsasis on doe harvests early.
From the hunters I've talked to, it did get better right away. The only complainers seem to be the guys that just don't want to change hunting sytle or locations. In other words they refuse to adapt.
by the way habitat does not limit deer in many parts of our state, our B
ratio was just fine before AR/HR, and having deer inharmony with all other mammals is fluff.
In a way you are somewhat correct. Habitat hasn't yet limited deer much of anywhere yet but a lot of habitat has been permanently changed, damaged or outright destroyed by too many deer. As for the B/D ratio having been just fine I can only say
how does it feel to get punk*d? Dr. Alt sure did fool some of you......
No, the likes of Silinsky, Unified and old DD have Punk*d you!
And as for you DD, old buddy....
We harvested 86% of the buck that were carried over from 2002 and we had the second largest anterless harvest ever recorded. Therefore , weather conditions were not the cause of the lower buck harvest in 2003 , but the harvest of 77K BB in 2002 and the harvest of 52.6 K 2.5 + buck in 2002 was the reason for the lower than expected buck harvest in 2003.
Exactly what part of
Maybe not the ONLY factor, but a significant one to be sure.
didn't you understand???
I guess that since you can't put adverse weather into your little calculator that means it doesn't count. Eh?