Other studies have proven deer populations can exist in a conditions where population exceeds carrying capacity. They also prove the deer gradually get smaller (weight wise), the longer this continues.
When populations exceed the carrying capacity breeding rates and recruitment decrease and natural mortality equals recruitment. That didn't happen in PA and didn't even come close to happening. So maybe it is you that needs to read a few more studies.
About the browse issue, you indicate the browse getting worse, yet you want the deer population to increase??? Bad idea. Ever thought about this, the fewer deer are eating more of their prefered browse, thereby slowing the comeback of some of the food. Plain and simply, some of it is aging and will never comeback, which I pointed out to you in previous posts
That makes absolutely no sense. There was enough browse to support twice as many deer and now you are saying half that number are eating as much as twice the number. Like RSB ,when backed into a corner you just make things up.
All in all, they do a very good job. I don't think the deer population anywhere is going extinct anytime soon. But, lots of does is not necessarily a healthy herd.
They did a lousy job in PA since we had a healthy herd when this debacle started.