Well, Parke it is. We saw about the same number of deer in Parke this year and more in Jackson and Washington than the past.

Bonus tags and extra opportunities won't go down substantially until the harvest goes down substantially. I am guessing a 10-20% decline in harvest over 3 years will do it. And it has to be based on objective data not anecdotal perceptions. You can't manage based on perception.

The best data we have is harvest stats. The smallest area we have data for is a county. Counties can be very large and local herds can vary greatly inside that large area. Government is notorious for slow reaction times. Do not be surprised that, even when data supports a decrease in opportunities, they are slow to reduce them.

Most deer hunters will not kill more than 2 deer per year. Less than 5% kill 3 or more.