Wild in the Woods to Host Deer Management Keynote Address

Dr. Gary Alt, supervisor of the Game Commission's Deer Management Section will bring his outreach message to this year's Wild In The Woods event, September 11 at the Bear Run Barn in Fayette County. As he has done in hundreds of personal appearances around the state, Alt will tell Wild In The Woods guests about deer and deer management, one of Pennsylvania's most pressing conservation issues.

Many of Pennsylvania's 900,000 deer hunters learned from their hunting mentors that shooting female deer, or does, would ruin deer hunting forever. Early efforts by Pennsylvania and other states to establish doe seasons to trim the herds were met with protests from sportsmen who believed that killing does was wrong. Throughout four decades of deer management controversy, biologists have encouraged hunters to abandon that belief. Sometimes enduring scorn and ridicule, wildlife managers have worked to convince hunters that deer are only one part of the forest, and that too many deer can strip forests of their health, diversity and even their capacity to support a deer herd. No one has worked harder in this outreach effort than Alt, and surveys indicate that more hunters are adopting a more enlightened view. But many remain unconvinced.

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