Rybo is also correct.......The area of the state basically above I80 to the north central and north west is MUCH lass populated than the rest of the state (even the North East to a degree)
I'd love to see how the hunter's are dispersed by area in PA, I am pretty sure we have something like 270,000 licensed bowhunters and I'd bet a dollar that 2/3 of them are found below I-80 which basically splits the state in half north and south.
Of course now the deer densities are much lower in the northern counties as well (Big Woods) so maybe it balances out. They did one of those FLIR infrared airplane studies over much of PA a couple years ago and where our hunting cabin is located had the lowest deer density in the state at just about 6 deer per wooded sq. Mile. Think about that...........how much ground is a sq. mile? 660 acres or something?

Here in the southern part of the state the deer are here, but it's 100% a pressure game. IF you can scout smart and either beat the pressure or use it to your advantage you have a chance. (Of course an exclusive property wouldn't hurt)
But I hunt mainly a private farm that gets hunted heavily by the landowner's family and it directly borders state game lands.
For all intents and purposes I'm hunting public land bucks. Where my big buck from last season was laying dead was literally4 feet from the state game lands border marker.

This is reason numero uno that I absolutely bank on the first week of the season........after that there isn't a moon bright enough to hunt these bucks.