I was born and raised in Sullivan county near Shunk the issue there is not timbeing on private land but getting the State Forest to cut some trees creating habitat. While the PGC sold way too many doe tags for way to long in the area the habitat coupled with that heeds recruitment rates. My hometown area is depressed camps closed up or used for summer trips now all for lack of deer numbers. Drive up Rt 87 around Hillsgrove look at the closed or run and down seedy stores, motels,etc. was not like that when deer numbers were good. My kin still owns farms in the area few have any crops or livestock no reason to grow crops that deer and turkey fed on...hell they come to my place to hunt now!
See, I keep reading about so many empty camps because of low deer numbers, but that just doesn't seem to jive with all those that still want the Monday opener.
Many have agreed that "Deer season has never been simply about hunting, there has always been a huge social side."
So regardless of low numbers of deer, you can still have the HUGE social side, and also do some hunting.
