I might agree with more seasons as you suggest if they made one for spears. Id love to jump off an overhanging limb with one as a deer passes by, one of us would probably get killed.

You will have to look up one of our former BOC members named Roxanne Palone who was the president of the BOC for awhile. She was supporting allowing spears for deer hunting. It got such bad press that spear hunting for deer in Pennsylvania even got a spot on the comedy channel. For a few years there was nothing the BOC wouldn't try if it meant killing a few more deer.

Here is an excerpt from a Washington Post article from Nov 13,2005 on the subject titled --"Pennsylvania May Let Hunters Use Prehistoric Weapon"----And this gal has been trying to undermine the current BOC for not continuing some of the policies she had a hand in putting in place. It has surely been an interesting decade for PA hunters.

Game Commissioner Roxane Palone, who generally supports legalization of atlatl hunting, said there are other game commissioners who probably will join her to vote for it.

"It's a good way to expand hunting opportunities," she said. "I don't think it's any more unusual than people who use long bows to hunt."

If the commission gives preliminary approval in January, a final vote in April could clear the way for atlatl hunting in Pennsylvania late next year, Palone said.

  The only surprise to me is that ONLY 200,000 got out.  Or did they- seems like a lot of folks may have simply elected to fly under the radar.
As I said in another post -at some point we may all have to become Indians.
I do NOT generally suggest or support that kind of stuff but different folks have different thresholds for nutty rules  affecting their way of life and how they will deal with it.
After reading the recent info I congratulate each and every one of you for sticking it out and trying to induce change. Guys like RSB need a medal for what they must be  putting up with behind the scenes that you guys probably never  hear about..
I realize this stuff creates the arguments and fights I read here but it is clear that you guys MUST find common ground in order to create positive changes. The arguing  just prolongs the efforts to clear things up over there and just helps the ACORNS continue their crazyness.
A couple of online hunter surveys created by HUNTERS with enough common sense suggestions presented to Elected Officials ( not those nuts) may be in order here-
Good Hunting