The tornadoes were a random natural disaster event wiping out nearly everything in their path. The two that came near my place were an average of a mile wide and stretch almost completely across Forest County and on into Elk County. It is ridiculously naive and irresponsible to expect that any landowner would harvest timber in a similar size area in any given year.
No one claimed that anyone should harvest timber in a similar size area. The point i was making is that larger size cuts would allow adequate regeneration at higher deer densities. The Grouse Study showed that forests could be managed to allow regeneration at higher deer densities if managed properly.
You need to be reminded that most landowners don't own their land just to produce enough deer to keep the likes of you and your USP buddies happy. Of course, you and yoour USP buddies are welcome to go buy up ome property and cut as many trees as you see fit and create your own little deer factory.
While that may or may not be true, there is still no reason why the herd should be managed to attain a density that allows DCNR to sell their certified timber at higher prices for export when DCNR only manages around 1M, acres for timber production.