keep in mind that the plants in yards are very nutritional for deer and thats why you will see that a buck who lives in or around a neiborhood is going to be a big buck if given the chance to age. and also there is so much research going on now that is proving that it is getting harder and harder to tell what young racked buck will turn into when its older. some of your small 4 and 6 pointers may never get much bigger and some of your spikes may be monsters in a few years. and i seriouslly doubt the state will shell out money for food plots for deers nutrition in any kind of attempt to satisfy hunters. the bottom line hard facts are this. the more people build and move into an area the more animals get moved out of the area and the more people means more hunters and so the only way you can replenish the numbers is simply to do a full statewide lottery for tags, and or shorten the season. i know this takes away from kids and people who cant take off work and yadda yadda yadda but do people honestly think that adding ar's or taking them away or issuing this tag and that tag is really going to help the problem? no it wont. there are too many hunters and not enough game obviouslly. and you have no idea what illegal hunting does to the numbers of deer either so reducing the hunting will produce more deer for the future in pa