Dear editor:
It seems the PGC deer biologist have accomplished their goal. Deer are close to being put on the endangered species list to satisfy the insurance and major logging companies who own vast lands that are timbered or are going to be timbered. It looks that way from the deer population in this area so it seems.
I did not hunt all over Warren Co., but it's obvious when you hear only 15 shots the first day and all were far off in different directions. I have spoken to friends who have hunted and some of them didn't even see a deer the first day. Can anyone tell me how the biologists actually know how many deer are in a specific area?
They don't and they really don't care. It's politics even though PGC will deny it. When I was a kid I just got excited just seeing deer, and many. I didn't even care if I got one. Now, the kids now and future young hunters won't get to experience that and thats ashame.
Now don't get on your local conservation officer about the lack of deer, they have nothing to do with it and frankly they don't want to hear it. It's just a shame that we as hunters have no say so in any of this. We can just complain. That's about it.
I believe this all started when they introduced the combined season and did away with the 3-day antlerless season. Many hunters have chosen not to kill a doe until they got their buck and that is their option but most will kill a doe first if that is what they see and frankly just to get any deer around here is an accomplishment in itself. I think maybe contacting your local senator may change the way PGC has their deer seasons but then again sometimes their hands are tied too.
Jerry Cataldo
Youngsville