Blair County Pa PGC employed sharp shooters showed up,
dumping piles of corn and asking people for access to their property.
They wanted to kill their way out of CWD.
The community said "Hell No!".
And after a couple weeks of fighting they put their tails between their legs
and left. It's my understanding that they got away with it in some other
places.
Statewide, they have seriously reduced the herd over the last 20 years.
The reason posed was herd health and the environment. With bigger
bucks as a supposed secondary benefit.
Farmers still bitch about deer damage, I never saw browse lines here, and haven't seen any change in the forrest since the depopulation.
We have seen an increase in the size of bucks, our antlers run thin and
we aren't likely to ever be a destination hunting state.
