IMHO!!!!
I think micro management is the key here,,,some areas are overpopulated,,some under,,the area of wmu 4d that i hunt in is way under populated in my opinion,,,the area is nothing but luscious farms filled with all the food that a deer can possibly jam in their guts,,,mountains filled with oak trees (that had fruits this year) etc etc etc. The problem here is the area is mostly farmed by Amish people who like it or not kill the ******out of the deer all year long for CROP DAMAGE at an alarming rate! and then the rest of the community is filled with hard working real awesome people who just live to hunt,,,Man the day doe tags are supposed to be in the mailbox it should be considered a friggin holiday,,i would be scared for my life as the mailman in the area if one of the locals got their check sent back to them without a doe tag. But,,,the same guys are tellin me that they are'nt seein any deer?????????? Everyone says "The ********* amish are killin all the deer!!!! Now i know that the amish are'nt all to blame but what im thinkin is,,the few deer that get by the amish are being shot by a guy with a fist full of doe tags on the second day of rifle opener and these #'s of deer are not being calculated in the pgc's annual reports so how can they determine the areas tags & bonuses for next year? I dont claim to have all the answers but i do claim that deer #'s are horrifically low in the area i hunt in & im just concerned