As for the no longer used and now obsolete DD goals that were once stated for SRA's
The PGC never stated DD goals for the SRA areas. The deer in the SRA areas weren't even included in the statewide harvest estimates until 2003 or 2004 when Alt claimed we had 1.6 M deer ,based on the flawed computer model. Prior to that the goal for the SRA counties was zero DPSM because they didn't consider the SRAs as suitable deer habitat.
Nothing telling us who these unnamed "numerous experts" that have claimed that PA's habitat can support 35-40 DPSM or any documentation that these "numerous experts" made these claims
Alsheimer was one of those experts that said mixed farmland and woodlots can support 35-40 DPSM and based on the harvest data he cited ,he was managing his property at 32 doe PSM and recommended that other QDM properties should be managed at 29 doe PSM.