Seeking Trad Dee said:
Time for this group to become extinct...they no longer work for hunters in PA. Never heard anything crazier...instead of working to get hunters access they according to the Morning Call Newspaper are now pushing the use of birth control for deer. Very disappointing...as if the crossgun wasn't enough.
The Game Commission certainly doesn’t want deer contraception being used any more then the deer hunters do. But, the Game Commission simply can’t control EVERYTHING in our lives, as some hunters seem to believe they do. This whole thing could end up getting jammed to both hunters and the Game Commission if hunters aren’t willing and smart enough to allow hunters to be the solution to having deer both in balance with the habitat and the tolerance of the non-hunting public.
Even in some of the state’s highest deer density areas we still hear hunters screaming to stop harvesting so many deer. What kind of message does that send concerning hunters being the solution to high deer density problems and concerns, whether real or just perceived?
I seem to remember a short, bald guy doing programs for the Game Commission telling people almost decade ago that if hunters weren’t willing to be the solution society would find another solution. Hunters laughed about him saying such a thing. Well, by darn it looks like society might be in the early stages of doing just want he said would happen.
I think hunters should take this a sign of what is to come if they continue to be part of the deer management problem instead of the solution.
Dick Bodenhorn