An individual hunter may or may not detect it, but with three years of protecting younger bucks under our belts, there should be a decent number of older bucks out there. |
I cannot make a recommendation to allow deer to increase in an area where the deer are not healthy and the habitat is not healthy. |
In terms of deer numbers, they shouldn't expect to see real drastic changes from what they saw in the previous couple of years. |
Previous research and an independent scientific review have confirmed our harvest estimates are valid. However, survival outside of hunting seasons and the factors affecting it are not well known in Pennsylvania deer. |