Sorry Corn, but we're a whole lot closer to "balance" now than we have been in a lot of years. You may not like the idea of less deer but frankly, science disagrees with you
Once again you are wrong . Science does not disagree with Cornelius , since there is no data that shows that shows the deer are in better balance with the habitat.
Wildlife managers all over agree that we were way out of balance when deer numbers were higher.
That also is simply not true. For many years when we had much higher deer numbers that we have today, the PGC professionals stated that the herd in the majority of the state was in balance with the forested habitat.
It's not the PGC's job to farm deer for a maximim harvest. It's their job to manage them within the available habitat.
With that statement you just admitted the PGC is mismanaging our herd since the deer have proven the habitat could support 1.6M deer at the MSY carrying capacity. If our herd was being managed based on science rather than personal preference of preferred stakeholders,we would still have 1.6 M PS deer.
And the fact remains that harvesting a deer is not a God given right
Regenerating red oak for DCNR is also not a God given right.