PA hunting
01-12-2009, 05:23 AM
#81
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: PA
Posts: 8,167
RE: PA hunting
There are plenty of reasons that hunter numbers are declining in PA and across the country.
For me the two most obvious is the lack of hunt able game.And time restraints.
Small game was the life blood of young hunters,a beagle and a handful of shells were all you needed to enjoy a whole season of fun. Saturdays were spent chasing that dog with plenty of shooting rabbits were plentifully ,pheasants were a bonus but grouse were every where.You had to get out early because everyone else had the same Idea. Fast forward to today and small game is what you see above the month of November on the calender you got from the local hardware store.
People describe their whole season by whether they shot a buck or not.
It is sad.[:@]
For me the two most obvious is the lack of hunt able game.And time restraints.
Small game was the life blood of young hunters,a beagle and a handful of shells were all you needed to enjoy a whole season of fun. Saturdays were spent chasing that dog with plenty of shooting rabbits were plentifully ,pheasants were a bonus but grouse were every where.You had to get out early because everyone else had the same Idea. Fast forward to today and small game is what you see above the month of November on the calender you got from the local hardware store.
People describe their whole season by whether they shot a buck or not.
It is sad.[:@]
01-12-2009, 06:36 AM
#82
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 3,879
RE: PA hunting
Table 2. Number of adult does examined and assessment of
deer health by WMU based on samples collected from 2005
to 2007, Pennsylvania.
WMU
n
Embryos per
adult female
Deer health
assessment
1A 78 1.50 AT TARGET
1B 61 1.69 ABOVE TARGET
2A 91 1.37 AT TARGET
2B 165 1.59 AT TARGET
2C 117 1.38 AT TARGET
2D 87 1.60 AT TARGET
2E 19 1.58 AT TARGET
2F 67 1.39 AT TARGET
2G 40 1.68 AT TARGET
3A 30 1.50 AT TARGET
3B 59 1.36 AT TARGET
3C 36 1.53 AT TARGET
3D 79 1.28 BELOW TARGET
4A 99 1.52 AT TARGET
4B 50 1.50 AT TARGET
4C 47 1.36 AT TARGET
4D 65 1.55 AT TARGET
4E 35 1.66 AT TARGET
5A 22 1.64 AT TARGET
5B 56 1.55 AT TARGET
5C 123 1.60 AT TARGET
5D 42 1.71 ABOVE TARGET
As you can see 2B ,2C and 5C still had the highest number of does checked and 2B and 5C each had more than 2F and 2G combined. So once again we see that PGC supporters have to reject the official PGC data in order to defend their opinions.
deer health by WMU based on samples collected from 2005
to 2007, Pennsylvania.
WMU
n
Embryos per
adult female
Deer health
assessment
1A 78 1.50 AT TARGET
1B 61 1.69 ABOVE TARGET
2A 91 1.37 AT TARGET
2B 165 1.59 AT TARGET
2C 117 1.38 AT TARGET
2D 87 1.60 AT TARGET
2E 19 1.58 AT TARGET
2F 67 1.39 AT TARGET
2G 40 1.68 AT TARGET
3A 30 1.50 AT TARGET
3B 59 1.36 AT TARGET
3C 36 1.53 AT TARGET
3D 79 1.28 BELOW TARGET
4A 99 1.52 AT TARGET
4B 50 1.50 AT TARGET
4C 47 1.36 AT TARGET
4D 65 1.55 AT TARGET
4E 35 1.66 AT TARGET
5A 22 1.64 AT TARGET
5B 56 1.55 AT TARGET
5C 123 1.60 AT TARGET
5D 42 1.71 ABOVE TARGET
As you can see 2B ,2C and 5C still had the highest number of does checked and 2B and 5C each had more than 2F and 2G combined. So once again we see that PGC supporters have to reject the official PGC data in order to defend their opinions.
01-12-2009, 07:14 AM
#86
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SW PA USA
Posts: 7,220
RE: PA hunting
Funny, Blueboy posts figures that are regarded as an indicator of herd health and when it's pointed out that only one WMU is below target, which would seem to indicate that herd health is good, he tells us that doesn't prove anything
01-12-2009, 07:24 AM
#87
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 3,879
RE: PA hunting
I never said that herd health wasn't rated as being at the target goals . I said breeding rates declined by 5%. Now if herd health is at target after a 5% drop in breeding rates , how healthy was the herd when breeding rates were 5% higher, when the PGC said we had to reduce the herd to improve herd health?