do you really believe those numbers?????? If so yer an idiot.

I was involved personally in the 1980 population estimates as a NEW GW in Hale Co. The dept asked us(all GWs) to personally estimate the number of deer, rabbit, turkey, skewerls , in our respective counties. In other words PULL A NUMBER OUT OF OUR ASSES....cause that is exactly what it was. Dept added up the numbers and came up with a state population. Horsechitt at the very highest level.

In 1975 in Sumpter Co I counted over 1000 deer on two drive arounds, one late afternoon, ate supper, the did it again with a spotlight....same day..... 1000 deer. One would be damn lucky to see 200 deer today on the same miles and times driven.

2million in 2000 and 1.6 million now is not an increase...it's a 400,000 loss.