Less deer = less deer... Buck harvest cut in half!! Bucks don't grow on trees so dont kill any does!! I only saw 25 deer this opening day, not 250 like last year or the year before!! DAMN! you guys cry more than my kids!
Less deer = less UNHEALTHY deer, bucks dont grow on trees, that is very true...bucks dont grow when there are too many deer for the nutrition available. You have to kill does to lower the herd numbers.Would you rather see a boatload of little thin deer with spikes or fork horns or less deer but bigger bodies and better racks? If I have 10 fish in my 10 gallon tank they dont get very big or a few get big and the rest die or stay puny, cut that number in half and keep the feed rate the same and all of them are big and healthy. The numbers may be scary right now, but when you start seeing body size/weight and antlers go up it will be worth the effort.
When I first came to GA from SW NY a good deer was a 6 or 8 that weighed 140 LIVE WEIGHT! Now we have B&C bucks everywhere and it is not uncommon to have deer 200 lbs field dressed!
People like chikory (sp) will never see it for what it is, and nothing that is said here or anywhere else will change that fact.
I hope for the rest of you PA hunters that things will get better. Good luck and good HUNTING!