ORIGINAL: deaddeer
I am totally amazed that you still don't get it. The size of the units is totally irrelevant when the PGC only recognizes forested habitat. The PGC knows how much forested habitat we have in each county and every township within that county. They know the percentage of forest in each age class within those counties and townships. Therefore, even if the WMU's were reduced to 10 SM, the average OWDD goal for the state would still be 12 DPSM and the OW herd would still be reduced to 550K and the harvests would still be cut by 50%.
You make my point DD, I know that 12 DPSM is 12 DPSM or less deer = lees deer and less than we want. However it sounds like there are areas that have already been reduced below the goal of 12 DPSM. Would not smaller WMU's make it easier to get the tag alotments right or lowered in these areas??