swarter2,
I've seen this at almost every PA Game land and even the state forests as well, actually especially the state forests. I've hunted the state forest out in western Perry Co for years, and also hunted the largest state forest in the state quite a bit, being Tioga State Forest. I seen what you're dealing with, leaving the tree tops and undesirable wood, which clutters up the ground and its hard to get through. The PGC will tell you this is not a bad thing for PA's critters, but often more of a good thing. I totally see you're point and won't argue that, because i've been in some situations in which that big buck slipped away into such "brush." On the same tokken, I can see the PGC's side of the story. Our enviroments are in constant ecological change, from grasslands all the way up to dense mature hardwoods, and from the hardwoods back to grasslands. With humans in the mix, we see the hardwoods to grasslands as tragic ( ie. forest fires), but its really only natures way of adding more life to the area. When the PGC cuts down timber, yes they make a buck or two off the wood, but lets put that aside for now. They're making open area's where the sun can now hit the floor of the forest in its entirely. When the trees were up, the sun would pop through here and there, leaving little patches of undergrowth. Now, with no trees you have natural undergrowth poping up everywhere (reason why you can't walk through that stuff at the top of the mountain), due to winds bringing in seeds from elsewhere and those seeds germenating quickly due to the increase of sunlight. Now all of the forests critters have NEW plants to eat, NEW places to hide, and NEW places to bare young. I know it sucks to hunt in, but on the PGC's side, I think thats what they're trying to get at, a gretter health for the forestry. This is also a reason for those 10ft high fences you see from time to time in a SGL or SF, those are in place to keep deer out until that section of forest is where the biologist want the growth to be at, so it can sustain deer populations. Sorry if that all sounds like I got technical on you, but after reading your post, it was the first thing that popped into my mind, so please don't take it the wrong way.