RE: Depleted PA deer populations
Can someone post the deer herd numbers from OH, IA, IN, IL, KY, KS. I bet the all have half of what PA has but combined they don't complain about hunting deer as much as PA hunters. Aren't you supposed to kill deer when you hunt? I know in OH you only used to be able to get 1-2 deer a year and if they want a deer they will shoot a doe or a fawn or a buck whatever comes through. Now in some counties u can take 3 deer because they want the herd to come down, just like PA. The guys I hunt with in OH are lovin it because they get an extra deer this year. In OH I think they have 700,000 deer and they want to knock them down. PA has 1,000,000+ and the hunters want more deer. I guess it is just what you are used to. OH hunters are used to a low herd PA hunters aren't used to it and don't want it. Doesn't sound like they care about the animal or the habitat just what they want right now.