First of all, to include elk in that statement is just plain silly. Efforts to grow the elk population and improve the habitat in that area have been ongoing and have little to do with the changes in the deer herd.
If you would have read the PGC's report on our elk you would realize that during the winter they browse the same clearcuts that the deer use and in the summer the deer eat the same grasses and forbes as the elk eat.
You have the right to buy land and start you own deer farm and promote ridiculous numbers if you wish. Consequently, Your neighbor has the right to line up hunters along his border with you and let em shoot all deer that cross over. You no NOT have the right to dictate the deer densities for the rest of us and like it or not, it is the PGC's job to manage those densities for the everyone in the state. Not just for a few guys who now have to hunt a little harder.
It doesn't get much dumber than that !! With heavy hunting pressure on the adjoining land the deer driven onto the posted ground with much less hunting pressure, so the adjoining property owners wouldn't be able to control the herd by hunting.
So who should determine the acceptable deer density in any given WMU and what should that density be for 2B? Should the farmers in 5C and 5B determine the deer density in those WMU's or should the suburban home owner determine the density? Do you really want the non-hunting stakeholders determining the local deer densities? If you do you are dumber than I thought.
BTW, you always ask me to provide a solution, so what is your solution for letting non-hunting stakeholders to establish deer densities?
Also, can you tell us who is responsible for preventing the PGC from managing the herd in 2B and 5C at the goal DD for at least the last 20 years?