http://www.whitetailsunlimited.com/i/p/bk_traditionaldm.pdf

on the fourth page of this PDF document is the statement "virtually all adult does in the state are bred and most will produce twin fawns" this statement was made in 2001 when the author was still the dnr big game biologist and EAB had only been used once in 1996, not four out of the last five years.

yes crop damage and auto collision are good reasons to control the herd but control and sink to all time low levels are very different things.