Wrong again!! The PGC admitted that the harvest rates in the doe mortality study may not represent the true harvest rates. Furthermore, the buck harvest rate correlates directly to the estimated deer density in that WMU. The simple fact is that once the herd is reduced to 8 DPSM it can only support a harvest of less than 4 DPSM when the area is 90% forested.
Wrong yourself!
Those are the real numbers. That is how many
actually died from hunters. You may not like the numbers but those are the actual stats. Funny how every stat you like is like a quote from the bible yet every one you dont like is wrong.
A regeneration crash may occur when populations are at the MSY carrying capacity of the habitat
And if the reduction started too late, the MSY would then be a downward moving target so that scenario is at least possible
Manage the herd based on the true carrying capacity of the habitat and let landowners that have a problem with deer damage manage their herd with DMAP tags, red tags and killing deer for crop damage.
And who determines that capacity and how? Be specific. You've been very specific in your criticisms (distorted but specific) so it follows that you should produce specific measures you'd take to fix what you percieve to be wrong.
Oh and you never answered this question.... Does DCNR who administers land owned by all Pennsylvanians get those DMAPS, red tags etc??? How about the USFS who manages national forest land on behalf of all US citizens?