Since you know so much about deer management, in what circumstance would this be possible?
Answer, then I refer you to the study that shows how or why this can happen
What is the "this" to which you are referring?
The 10 fold number I talked about was Ohio...23,431 deer killed in 1976. In the 2006-2007 season 237,316. Seasons now run from Oct to Jan, hence 06-07.
There was no "late" season hunting in 1976 to carry into 1977. There were only 22k killed in 1977 and 1978
What were the antlerless harvests compared to the buck harvest during that period? did the harvests exceed recruitment or were they much less than recruitment? Just throwing out a few harvest data stats tells us little or nothing about what really happened in Ohio!!
My brothers used to hunt Potter county and kill deer every year, rarely did the bucks go much over a 100 lbs (field dressed) even if they did have 6-8 points. The "dozens" of does they saw looked like they came out of a cookie cutter, 60-80 lbs.
So your brothers were satisfied with shooting small 1.5 buck and fawns. That's just fine with me , but what is your problem with your brothers?