RE: 3 Solutions for PA gloom and doom deer hunters.
Here is what happened to the herd in Northampton Co. since 1999.
Buck Anterless OWDD
1999 2 1,471 1,158 64 DPFSM 22 DPSM
2000 2 1,463 2,470 57 DPFSM 19 DPSM
2001 6 1,325 2,406 43 DPFSM 14 DPSM
2002 2 1,273 2,457 29 DPFSM 10 DPSM
2003 --1,060 3,220
The PGC hasn't released the OWDD for 2003 or 2004 , but based on the increased anterless harvest in 2003 , the herd is now probably under 8 DPSM and the still are proposing adding another two weeks to the extended anterless rifle season in 5C.