Define over harvest as it pertains to the area you are talking about. Can you prove the population is significantly below carrying capacity? Again, you miss the point, even with an excess harvest, deer populations will bounce back within 2-3 seasons if optimal habitat exists. Did you ever think the population was too high, and a correction was needed for the available habitat and a healthier herd? Maybe things are closer to what the proper balance should be
An over harvest is a harvest that reduces the herd below the MSY Carrying Capacity of the habitat. The MSY CC for 2G is over 30 DPSM and the herd has been reduced to 8-9 DPSM. If the herd was above the MSY CC at 30 DPSM , then breeding rates and recruitment would have increased as the herd was reduced , but that didn't happen. that fact proves the herd was not above the MSY CC at 30 DPSM.
Even with optimal habitat a population will not recover when the PGC issues enough antlerless tags to produce a harvest that equals or exceed recruitment.