Therefore, the buck harvest is the most valid criteria for determining the quality of hunting in various states.
Your opinion, nothing more, used because it fits your agenda and your agenda is simply quantity over quality
One also has to know if the harvest data is the actual reported harvest or the calculated harvest and how the deer densities were determined.
Every deer harvest is estimated to some extent. Many states have better reporting rates than PA but it still boils down to the honesty and diligence of the individual hunters. In all states with mandatory check stations, phone or computer check in, there are still deer that go unreported. Each state agency gives considerstion to a reporting rate as well as non hunting mortality such as crop damage kills, road kills and illegal kills.