Fawn recruitment is a determined not only by the number of does but by the ability of those does to produce fawns that are born at the correct weight to survive after they are born. The fawns, no matter how many are born, are of no value to the future of hunting or deer populations if they die within a day or two of being born.
Fawn recruitment wasn't a problem in 2G in 2003 when it took a harvest of 7.4 DPSM to reduce the herd. Fawn recruitment only became a problem after the herd was reduced by harvests that exceeded recruitment and as a result in 2005 it only took a harvest of 2.7 DPSM in 2006 to keep the herd stable.
The simple fact is if the habitat was limiting the herd, non-hunting mortality would equal recruitment and no harvest would be required. But, in 2003 it took a harvest of 7.4 DPSM in 2G to reduce the herd and if those deer hadn't been harvested the OWDD would have increased by 7.4 DPSM and in 2004 the OWDD would have increased by over an additional 5 DPSM. Therefore , there is absolutely no evidence that the habita is controlling the herd.