ORIGINAL: ddear
Here is what Trupe of QDMA was quoted as saying.
Lower kill numbers during the current season are in part a function of weather patterns, said Steve Trupe, with the Quality Deer Management Association, a group that aims to balance deer population with habitat sustainability.
''The deer adapted to the circumstances, the hunters didn't.
It's that simple,'' Trupe said.
So there really isn't less deer, and changing weather patterns are the reason for lower sightings.How does he expect to have any credibility,making statements like that?
thats too funny! Well, spin is spin and some of the sportswriters are good at it too...
Just an update from the mon. meeting.
Jim Grace from DCNR, Rep Staback, Rep Levdansky, Rep. Gotchalk (sp)
all spoke on the deer issue. The reps basically saying they are hearing a lot from thier districts. And the majority of that is negative. Sen Lisa Boscola, never attended nor spoke as far as I know. I could have missed her but I doubt it.
Jim Grace gave some bureaucrat speak on synergy and forestry and deerestry and admitted that DCNR has some areas of state forests with very very few deer and they still are not regenerating or getting good growth there........ so.........
Each bureau of the PGC gives its little dog and pony show powerpoint presentation, and that info is usually condensed into the next press release. There was nothing new there, as far as wildlife.
the main message the PGC is putting out, and its right on a huge sign in the lobby is "wait and see". They will not know much until the statistics are massaged.
I did talk to some other attendee's who thought, hunters did a good job yesterday. Now its wait and see.