Yes, DD you are absolutley correct. I should have said too many buck hunters.

those are the ones who are dropping out as harvests drop. As for doe, there will always be an increasing load put on them as the hunter base drops. In a few years, in the smaller hunter base, those who remain will propbably be under a earn a buck system. where they must shoot doe(s) before being allowed a buck tag.

With fewer hunters everyone will get mulitple tags, if they plan to reduce, then stabilize the herd ar the PGC goal of 12dpsm.

I'm not to worried about long term, if the PGC does not improve as a result of this, I will have plenty of "other" things to do.