Not sure how long you've been gone Spencer but I'll give you my before and after:

Before: Opening day ofbuck season meant driving north to the big woods and spending the day seeing 40-50 knee high deer bouncing around like pinballs. The number of orange suits you'd see would sometimes come close to the number of deer.Hearing 300+ shots that day was commonplace and you spent your day scoping or glassing those 40 or 50 deer tring to see a set of spikes or, if you were really lucky, a pair of forks.
After 10AM your chances of bagging a buck went way down and you began looking forward to next opening day.

After: Opening day ofdeer season means that you will likely not see anything close to 50 deer except on rare occasions. You will notice thatdoes and buck alike are decidedly fewer but also decidedly bigger. the number of orange suits has declined but only when you get back in off the roads. your chances of bagging a buck don't decline near as drastically as the season goes by but you have to hunt for them as opposed to sitting on a stump waiting for other hunters to move them past you.

whether the deer are being mismanaged currently depends on which you prefer, the "before" or the "after". IMHO,the good old days of deer hunting in PA arehappening right now.

Oh, and if you're returning to western PA, (north or south) feel free to email or PM me. I'll be glad to point you toward some good areas!