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ORIGINAL: spoonchucker "I also see there are a lot of people who do not seem to understand why there are so many folks out there who mistrust the PA Game Mismanagement Commission with all of their poor management practices" Yeah, especially given the TERRIBLE job they have done with the bear, and turkey populations. I believe that they did do a terrible job with the bear population. Now they had to extend the season in several areas in the state to deal with the increase in bear/human problems that didn't exist when the bear population was in good shape years ago. If you look at bear kill numbers, the traditional bear territory counties have not changed dramatically, their still good. To me, it seems that again, they saw an opportunity to increase the amount of money they made and did it without thinking about the downfalls. Now folks have problems with the bears and a lot of folks believe, true or false, that bears are hurting the deer population. As far as turkeys, you can't walk in the woods without tripping on one it seems. I count hundreds of them a day driving back and forth to work. They are the new deer in Pennsylvania. Eventually folks will be complaining about them being over populated and stunted in growth, etc., etc., ect. Heck, the PA Game Mismanagement Commission has already started selling extra turkey permits too. More money for them, but overall, what is the real benifit to the hunters? I'm not an expert on these matters, but I believe that turkeys eat about the same diet as grouse do, so this may be a contributing factor to our dwindling grouse populations. Who knows? the population of animals is only spectulation and guestimation. the population of a certain area is completely different from another. you say the turkey population is so high, i havent even seen a dozen since spring where i live. everyone in my area is complaining the turkey population is so low. the bear population is nothing out of the ordinary. there were less bear killed this year than last year. theres more reasons than just that there is too high of population for the pgc to extend seasons. What exactly would the bear population have an effect on the deer population? Nothing drastic enough to notice in my eyes. Maybe the fact a bear ate a grape that a deer was gonna eat? the gamebirds, (pheasants/grouse/etc.) i do agree are dwindling. it has nothing to do with turkeys. the fox, the coyote, and other predators are raising in population. why? because the drastic decrease in trapping and hunting of these animals. i do agree that most of the motive the pgc has on there decisions they make is based on money. In my opinion you cant manage some that mother nature is supposed to manage. mother nature cant manage because of the main problem in the world, THE HUMAN POPULATION.
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