ORIGINAL: White-tail-deer
Let's stick to 2B, 5B & 5C for now. So possibly there is more to the deer density goals than simply carrying capacity for each WMU. 2B, 5B & 5C would have major problems with deer if the deer density goals were higher and tag allotments were less.
When the DD goals were established as DPSM, deer/human conflicts were not a limiting factor. The goal of 6 DPSM for 5C was based solely on the carrying capacity of the forested habitat in 5C.