The first and most important thing taken into consideration is if the area has the food to feed more deer or not. That is where the forest floor (not the canopy as Bluebird said) is surveyed by using established survey plots to find out what the deer food species are doing.
Please note that I said the herd was being managed based on the regeneration of the existing canopy. Since regeneration begins at the forest floor my statement was accurate. Also, since in 2008 the PGC said the herd was at or above it's goal for herd health in every WMU,except one, herd health is not a limiting factor in managing the herd. Furthermore, deer human conflicts in areas that are 90% forested should be very low ,so that should not be a limiting factor in 2F or 2G.
Therefore, in 2F and 2G the herd is being managed based on the regeneration of the existing canopy as determined by the survey plots. In 2G only 42% of the plots regenerated and in 2F if was even worse. So, how much more does the PGC have to reduce the herds in 2F and 2G in order to increase regeneration to the desired goal of over 70%?Also, why is 2F being managed at 22 PS DPSM while 2G is managed at 12 DPSM? That doesn't seem to make any sense when the regeneration is poorer in 2F than in 2G.