We are never gonna be able to manage exact numbers with wildlife. About the most we can accurately see and use is whether people are killing less, more, or about the same over time…….Trends are the only thing of real value and survey numbers only need to be close to see such.
Agree.
And the trend for many many years is DOWN - lower harvest numbers.
That is a known fact. Especially the buck numbers - way down due to the 3 buck rule (which is a good thing imo).
We also know that the ratio of doe kills to buck kills has gone up, with almost equal buck to doe kills now for many years per the surveys and reports from the DCNR. And many areas killing a lot more does then bucks.
We also know that the kill rate for yearling bucks has gone down. Another good thing.
And all of this is known without GC.
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