And we still harvest the same sized bucks we used to 20 years ago,
Not too many Pa hunters will agree with you there
we still harvest spikes a nd 4 points too because they are legal for youth hunters...
A proven statistically insignificant precentage. Other than out of jealousy that some kid may shoot the little buck you had to pass, how can you even bring this up?
The fad of QDM is not very well accepted in pa because it is based on rack hunting which many do not think is the goal of hunting.
Proof??
The degree of HR may be in question but the basics of QDM have been well accepted by the majority
We don't want to be a trophy state, that is the shallow end of the hunting gene pool.
The shallow end of the gene pool of Pa hunters are the ones leaving because they cant shoot just any buck and the guys who regard a doe as a consolation or booby prize
What Pa is doing right is attempting to undo years of mismanagement. The PGC has a tough row to hoe, but they only have themselves to blame. They trained Pa hunters to think the wrong way for years.