and why did those regs need to be put in place to begin with on property that belongs to hunters, purchased by hunte, maintained by hunters?
answer: because non hunters have abused the privledge of useage. Useage that was condoned by non less than the PGC...not hunters...to the point of now trying to tell hunters just what an when we may do on our own property within legal limits to raise much needed revenue, ie., timbering....case an point: last fall I sat in on meetings where a panel of PGC memberes tried to convince "JQ Public" (whom were doing their best to stop any logging efforts by the PGC on Gamelands at the Hawk Mtn. Bird Santuary/Berks Co). Why has it gotten this far? Because the PGC allowed it to. It happened on Vern Ross' watch, ultimately he is responsible.
I mention this as just 1 example of how hunters have lost faith in the PGC. Now toss in deer management and the equazion explodes!
Regardless of how you an others try to spin it the fact is: The PGC did a pretty darn poor job of manageing the deer herd thruout the state or there would be no problem to begin with! YES there you have it undisputeble fact. What they did was over react and lowered some WMUs BELOW DD goals 2G goal 15/sqm goal what do we have by the PGC's own addmission maybe 12/sqm, an this is only 1 WMU being counted. what about the others?
sorry but I an others( Bruce Smith to name one) will not support lisc. increases 'til the PGC begins a systematic deer managemnt that brings lowered WMU goals back up to 20/sqm
THIS IS WHY I SUPPORT THE USP AND URGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME!!!!!!!!!!