I realize AR's are tough on the meat hunters. But for years you were only allowed ONE deer in PA for the entire year. Regardless of what weapon you used. Now you can get extra permits, and you can shoot does. So I really do not feel sorry for the meat hunter because he can easily score on a DOE!! The meat hunters have more options now than what they have had for a long time. So I am not buying the "we can not get a deer" theory
That may be true in some areas , but in many areas of the state it isn't easy to harvest even one doe , no less multiple doe. It took 865,000 doe tags ,plus DMAP to harvest 214K doe , which was the lowest doe harvest since 1999. The statewide herd is down over 40% and in some areas it is down 75% from the 90's. When you consider the multiple deer kills in SRA counties, fewer than 200,000 hunters harvested a doe.