Not to throw water on the fire or anything, but I wanna know how they actually come up with these " exacting harvest numbers"? Oh, yeah, that's right, from the " yearly report cards".....well, let me just say this----if YOU wanted to do something and could stand to make a boatload of money and kickbacks in the process, and also at the same time had at your fingertips the means to "get 'er done",[8D] let me guess, you wouldn't "tweak" things to fill your pocket?? Sure you wouldn't.

OK, I rest my case. Like I stated before, all of the mumbo jumbo smokescreens, this, that and the other, means SQUAT to me. What means something is the TRUE and FACTUAL yearly sightings and harvestings of quality deer in the area where we have camp, BY HUNTERS THEMSELVES. That's all that matters to me, and all that should matter to any of you sportsmen! Sure, you can play "biologist" and try to increase the antler size by analyzing and theorizing, but at the same time you simply must keep herd populace at levels high enough to sustain yearly harvests, winter kill, road kill, and predation numbers, otherwise you are up a creek.....

And I'm here to tell you, I know of at least one county in North Central PA already well up that creek. After this coming rifle season, one or two in particular will be a virtual wasteland. Make no mistake, others will follow soon also if the "powers that be" allow it to continue. Good luck to all PA hunters this season, but keep a close eye on what is REALLY happening----things tend to sneak up very fast sometimes. Pinwheel 12