Bingo mustad.The populated areas around the cities with little access naturally holds good deer numbers.Farmlands and mountainous areas with land open to hunting are hurting.The bigwoods country in potter county used to be the place to go for deer,not anymore.Deer camp in the northwoods is a dying tradition and as long as Rendell and his boys are running the state forests it won't get better.The guy that told you populations are good in Pa needs to get out more.Obviously he hasn't left his little piece of the pie.
It amazes me though to still see hunters shooting a doe and in many cases the only doe they have seen and then complain about the low deer numbers in their area.Truely amazing!