ORIGINAL: ulysses
The truth be known the forestery and farming concerns were ready to take legal action to force the state to lower deer numbers rather than manipulate them for what hunters wanted.
Marcus Schneck and other outdoor writers wrote about the lawsuit threats, and so did Gary. I wish that the the lawsuits had been filed, so that all pa hunters could see exactly who they are up against in competing for resources in Pa.
Big timber, Farmers, and conservation groups have always influenced deer numbers for decades, but it took Vern Ross and Gary Alt to turn the tide and hand over the power hunters once had to groups outside hunting. Relegating hunters to the back of the bus...