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Originally Posted by Adam Helmer
bigbrother,
We need to organize in support of the PA deer herd. You might consider joining the Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania at www.unifiedsportsmenpa.org. A one year membership costs $20. USP are the folks taking PGC to court on February 28, 2011.
We can also contact our state representatives and write to the Game Commissioners. There are a few new folks on the Board and there is room for hope.
Welcome aboard.
Adam |
About the only way to do it is just as you describe. You have to join an organization, or create an organization that can attract members, that is geared toward this very think. Kind of like the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
I can remember 20 years ago when I first started hunting deer. In Maryland, it was a buck or nothing at all. We were allowed to kill a single buck with a rifle or a bow. Wasn't into muzzleloader back then, if it even existed, so at most we got to kill 2 bucks. NO DOES at all. Now, in the county I live in and most of the surrounding counties, we have deer coming out the wazoo. I have counted 12 in a little 5 acre wetland behind my townhouse. The wetland area is part of a creek that runs for miles and miles that the deer stay in during the day. Here are some pics that I took behind out townhouse last January 15. The big buck had a weird rack.
Now, if we are merely one state south of PA, why is it that PA just cannot figure this out? You PA hunters need to ban together and demand more from your game commission. Of course, that means that you all have to be willing to sacrifice for a couple of years, which is so unlike our current society. I can remember 20 years ago when there was a moratorium on Atlantic Population Canada Goose and the waterfowlers were crying up a storm. I didn't really do much waterfowling back then so I didn't care much. For the past 15 years though I have been hunting waterfowl pretty hard. When the moratorium was raised, we were first allowed 1 bird. The moaning continued. Now, we are allowed 2 birds and people are still moaning. Thing is, most of us don't even want the birds after we kill them. Might as well shoot clay pigeons at that point.
Good luck to you guys.