That is exactly the reason those estimated numbers are no longer the major factor in determining the direction to go with deer harvests and instead REAL measures of the herd health and food supply are used.
That simply is not true! When the PGC claimed the herd in 2G increased by 40% in 2006 they increased the doe tags from 16K to 29K. If they were using herd health and forest health 2F and 2G would be managed at the same DD, but their not.
The thing you totally fail to understand or acknowledge though is that in many areas of the state the deer herd has GREATLY reduced its own numbers over the years since then because we continuously carried too many deer during that time period all the way up through the years until the herd crashed from a lack of over winter habi
That isn't even close to being true. After the herds crashed in the late 70's due to severe winter weather the population in the NC counties increased and that is why they needed 52K doe tags in 2003 and a harvest of 20K doe to reduce the herd in 2G. Now it only takes 29K tags and a harvest of 6,500 doe to keep the herd stable. That's a harvest of only 2.21 antlerless deer PSM which is the worst in the state.