Maverick 1

That has nothing to do with you implying that those who are unsuccessful and or complain about our hunting are spending more time on this forum when they should be hunting and you know it.

BTBowhunter

Once again, I said what I said in response to your post immediately before mine and I stand by it. Either you still don't understand it or You are trying to make it something that it was not.

Maverick 1

I understand exactly what you said.

BTBowhunter

Good! Glad we cleared that up

Windwalker7

Yes, you jumped down his throat. He apologizes and all is forgiven.

Yet you fail to realize, that by him making a statement like that, he must have feelings that lean that way.

Is that OK if he might have feelings that lean that way? I guess it is OK with you.

We're talking about the future of hunting here, your kids and my kids, my grandchildren and your grandchildren, and we got guys like RSB and the rest of the PGC ruining what is left of hunting in PA. So much so that RSB would come on a public forum and make a statement like that.........And you support him.

It makes the rest of us wonder what kind of guy you are.

BTBowhunter

I support much of what he says but the taking of non hunter money is a place where we strongly disagree and I've said so.

I really find it sadly amusing that many hunters who claim to be worried about outside funding being a threat (with which I agree 100%) are also the idiots who are behind the pressure on the legislature to strangle the PGC by continuing to deny a reasonable license fee increase. They correctly claim that the outside money will further erode hunter input while stupidly setting that very thing up to happen.

Your last few posts tell us exactly what kind of guy you are

bluebird2

At this point in time , a license fee increase will simply mean more hunters will quit and there will still not be enough revenue to fund the PGC, so there will still be a need for outside funding.

DougE

I've never lied about a single thing and can back up everything I've posted.It's easy to check harvest records on the PGC webiste now.If you want,I'll send you my driver's lisence number in a pm and you can check out my harvest reports for this year.I didn't take pictures of all my deer this year but I did take pictures of three of them.I'll print them out and mail them to you if you want.

I don't think it's all rosey.We have alot less deer than we used to and for good reason.Still,it's easy to find and kill deer in the wmu THAT HAS THE LOWEST DD IN THE ENTIRE STATE.I never claimed to be a super hunter which is my whole point.I'm an average guy that takes one vacation day a year to hunt.All of my hunting is done on saturdays.I don't shoot deer in the same areas from year to year either.I hunt as conditions change and find plenty of deer.Obviously,my idea of plenty and your idea of plenty are far different.

BTBowhunter

Hope you didnt misunderstand there Doug. I didnt doubt anything you said. I was defending the idea that hunters like yourself who work at it or hunt smarter DO find the deer.

Look back at the pages and you'll see that it was not me who questioned your accounts of your success. This new system doesnt seem to pull the entire post when you do a quote sometimes and my last post wound up a bit misleading.

I was stickin up for ya bud!

bluebird2

If 100 additional hunters hunted the same areas you were hunting and took the same number of deer ,what would happen to the herd and the quality of hunting in your area? Like I said before you are benefiting from the reduced hunting pressure and finding small pockets of good deer numbers.

Here is what the PGC has to say about your claim that we should have a well developed understory in pole and saw timber stands.