It is every reason to reduce the herd, and no, that is a choice forced upon us by the eco-nuts. You are mad at the wrong crowd. They view vast clearcuts as an unsightlywasteland, not as the unleashing of life as it really is. They take aerial photos of flattened forest and launch public campaigns against the practice. As a result, colleges have educated the new age foresters to use every method but clearcutting and justify the results. Because of this situation, the forest cannot regenerate with higher DD, the GCMUST reduce the herd because they DO negatively impact regeneration in this scenario, and your type of hunter becomes outraged and inconsolable. So you see, youmight sometimesbecorrect in your views, but completely wrong in the grand scheme.
There is nothing you can do aside from beating your dead horse, because the situation is never going to change and make your type of hunter relevant as before.