I wanna see deer when I hunt there! Simple.

Here's what I think---

1)Close down Deer hunting for one year at least in WMU's where the deer have all been but eradicated to jumpstart re-growth of the herd.

2)Implement a "one deer per year, any method" law for the next 2 years following that. This will also bring back the numbers that Alt decimated to acceptable levels.

3)Once the population returns to acceptable levels and hunters can enjoy at least SEEING deer in all areas again, THEN implement additional doe tags as necessary after getting input FROM THE HUNTERS THEMSELVES thru survey reports from each WMU.

After the first year hunters being able to only harvest one deer per year any method will quickly bring the numbers back and the state will once again have a "worthwhile" population. Some areas admittedly do not need such drastic action to be taken, and this is also an area where the PGC needs to individualize things a bit instead of throwing everything into one big box. My take on all of this is that most hunters want to see deer when they hunt, period, and the PGC didn't handle that quite the way we were led to believe it would be after sending dreams of big bucks running everywhere into our skulls . As far as AR's go, the big ol smart bucks will be there regardless, just have to find them, just like everywhere else. In the meantime we all would like to see deer while hunting, to me that WAS one of the greatest things about hunting PA. Unfortunately that is gone now in several areas of the state, and IMHO that is what needs alot of focus to restore.

I don't see any need to harvest more than one animal in a given state either unless they are largely overpopulated. Just because we hunt with bow, then muzzleloader, then rifle shouldn't mean we can automatically take 3 deer each year-- I personally feel that is a bit greedy UNLESS there is a population problem as stated above. Might as well add crossbow, spear, rock, and truck too with that type of thinking, lol. If they allow one deer per year either sex, alot of guys will try to wait for bucks but once it gets down to the end they will take a doe instead and thus save a buck. This acts as a natural AR/ balancing element and more bucks live to the next year. This means bigger bucks, without the need for AR's---again, you must choose for yourself what you want, horns or meat. At least it's OUR choice that way.

All of this will never happen tho, I think this retarded decimation was all staged and planned for alterior motives. Unfortunately I don't think the PGC understood what kind of impact it would have by doing so and it got carried away to boot after the first year. Alt was the poster child and scapegoat in the end, but it wasn't all his doing either, he was just a sock puppet for the most part.

I'd love to be able to go back to our camp in North Central PA and see decent numbers of deer again, but I think we'll be going to different states for awhile till the numbers come up again, IF they ever do. In the meantime we will enjoy it for a summer family getaway and "monitoring" place. Good luck! Pinwheel 12