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Not sure where this came from, but I found it over on AT.

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Policy change sought to boost state deer herd
01/05/2005

HARRISBURG — State Sen. Richard A. Kasunic (D-Fayette/Somerset) called on the Pennsylvania Game Commission to implement three administrative proposals aimed at increasing the size of the state deer herd.
Kasunic, an avid hunter, is proposing the commission decrease the number of doe licenses, return to the past practice of holding separate doe and buck seasons, with the doe season consisting of a three-day season and, finally, make deer management areas smaller to better manage the deer herd.
“Over the past several weeks, many hunters throughout my senatorial district are approaching me with one thing in mind — all of them saw very few or no deer during this year’s hunting season,” Kasunic stated in a letter to seven Game Commissioners. There is currently one vacancy on the eight-member board.
The Fayette County lawmaker said there are likely many reasons for the decreased size of the deer herd, but pointed to two regulatory measures that he said are having an adverse effect.
Calling it an “if it’s brown, it’s down” hunting strategy, Kasunic said an excessive doe hunting license allocation has resulted in many deer left lying in the forest. He added that the concurrent doe and buck season is also adversely affecting the size of the herd.
“We must protect our wildlife resources not only for this generation, but for future generations as well,” Kasunic wrote.