If the hunters are all just bad people because they want decent numbers of deer to hunt....... then why did Dr. Alt cut n' run? Surely he could just continue to villify hunters as you are doing and point the finger at hunters as bad men, thus justifying more and more reductions.......

hmmmm......

Maybe because he knew from the get-go that he was the hatchet man hired to do one thing..... cut the herd.... then beat feet. I believe he had several opportunities to lobby the legislature to combine the PGC and the DCNR, thus creating exactly what he wanted.
And agency not soley funded by sportsman, led by insightfull conservationists, and funded by both hunters and non hunters.

He voiced his interest in leading such an agency to the legislature during their hearings on the merger...... but it never came to fruition. Did sportsman ruin that for him too?

I hear your " your hunters are greedy and to blame" argument, but it sounds to me like Dr. Alt who was touted as the best mind in Pa wildlife has (and had) failed to develope a plan which would educate hunters, and over time bring our herd into line with what the habitat will support. He himself said in this article that he did not deliver on his promises.

Now your comments are that anyone in pa who does not want a smaller herd is a slob hunter.

I think that kind of discussion is wonderfull for everyone in pa to hear first hand what people think of the situation. The discussion is great for hunting. It allows everyone to see what is going on.

I think that blaming hunters for not wanting a small herd is one way of looking at it, but I would have to look at a state like Michigan as a reference point.....

In Michigan, they have tens of thousands of doe tags go unsold and they do not harvest as many antlerless deer as they do antlered on any consistent basis. Thier herd today is LARGER than pa's yet they shoot less doe than us, keeping thier herd at higher denisties. Pa has harvested more antlerless than antlered for over TEN YEARS....even did before Dr. Alt.

Do we call them slobs in Michigan for it? Nooooooooo, nor should we.