Rendell is actually against any merger of DCNR and the PGC... go figure.

Would you wanna commit political suicide in an election year????


His boys are doing just fine themselves, of course he isn't going to come out and say that.

As Pee Wee herman once sang, "connect the dots, fa la la!!!"

(sorry Pee wee Herman came to mind on a Monday Afternoon)

Actually, he doesn't want the PGC tapping General Fund $$. He doesn't want SB 868 going through either because DCNR will be tapping millions of General Fund $$ to cover those payments.

For anyone wanting to hear from the man himself...

"Outdoor writer Jim Slinsky will be presenting an informational show on deer management at theSt. Mary's Moose Club in Elk County onFriday night May 19th.The doors will open at 6:00 PM with theshowstarting promptlyat 7:00.Jim will speak for about an hour followed by aquestion &answer period and door prizes.All sportsmen are invited."

This could be "MeatShooters" opportunity to ask Mr. Slinsky those questions directly, that is if he has the fortitude to confront Mr. Slinsky face to face.


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O[/b]utdoor writer and nationally syndicated radio talk show host Jim Slinsky will speak on:[/b]
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Location:[/b] The St. Marys Moose Club[/b]
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Please contact Bill Boylan at 814-594-4729 for additional details. [/b]

I have been on the internet long enough to no better than to post spin that I can't back up. This thread remindes me of all of the liberals that I have been fighting over the years, I have found that if they don't like someone they will trash them with all kinds of garbage.

Sproulman,the non-hunters already out number us by more than 9 to 1.I don't see alot of people in the woods around here but when I do see them,usually they're hunters.NowI do see campers from time to time that are mountain biking or hiking but whose to say they don't also hunt.I've seen no evidence that DCNR is trying to end hunting or take our guns away.I have some issues with some of the people running DCNR and they're commentsbut holly cow,they're pushing hunters to kill more deer.That doesn't sound anti-hunting to me.

Show me some proof that the weather has drastically changed over the past few years and that we now have an additional three months of growing season.Even if that were the case,it wouldn't matter.Deer need browse to survive hard winters(we recently had two back to back hard winters).they eat the browse whether it's growing or not.We're seeing more regeneration in these parts because there's less deer.The exclosures prove that's the case.

I think you're forgetting that our state forests are supposed to be primarily managed for timber.they were never intended to be managed for deer,never.You see,those forests are there for the benefit of all residents.The revenue from the timber goes into the state's general fund.You can't expect the 90% of Pa residents that don't hunt to finance our hobby at the expense of the forests.The state game lands are a different story.They are supposed to be managed for game and around here the PGC does an excellent job.What far too many people fail to realize is that Pa was basically one big clearcut at the turn of the century.As a result we have a very even-aged stand of timber.You can't just go in and cleacut big areas until they're ready to be cut.There's a right way and a wrong way to harvest timber.

I live and hunt in 2G.This area has hundreds of thousands of heavily hunted public land.While I have seen less deer recently,it's far from the end of hunting.Ihave no problems finding deer to hunt and I have a full freezer every year.The constant complaining about no deer just baffles me.

sorry to see you are baffled. a good sportsmen would not kill a doe and have freezer full as you said. everyone that i have known that talk that way are people that are after meat and dont care if any deer are left. many last hunting season did not even see a deer .then ,you have freezer full of deer. i said this before.it should be 1 deer and you out of woods,period.hope you dont take this as smart remark, only way i feel.i saw a fisherman catch all fish out of hole last week, along came kid.he knew kid was there. kid caught no fish. along came adult, he caught no fish as the GREAT fisherman caught all those fish out.this is way i feel about hunting deer. ahunter can clean deer out of area, 3 in freezer and along comes others and no deer to hunt orvery few left.system is wrong and only way to stop it is 1 deer and your done.again with lack of deer, anyone saying i have a full freezer full of deer is disgusting to me . its nothing to be proud of.

Well, mine also has some fish in it

ha!

Well,if I felt there were no deer or too few,I wouldn't shoot any in that area.I don't have that problem though.I see plenty of deer in the areas where I scout and hunt.About the only place I don't see deer is where the habitat is extremely poor and I don't waste my time hunting in these areas.Also,I hunt in many different areas and rarely harvest more than one deer in a particular area.In fact,I hunt where the best sign is so I rarely shoot deer from the same spot in consequtive years.Ialso use all the deer I shoot.Last year between Pa and Ohio,I killed 5 deer and it will be gone by the beginning of august.I don't see how that's being a poor sportsman.

Another thing that really baffles me is,why do hunters hunt where they say there's no deer?