A Pa biologist, Dr. Eveland, former pgc biologist who actually structured Pennsylvanias bear and elk plans has taken the initiative to look into the deer plan and found that Pa deer management is being directed by a very small faction of audubon & a few other individuals. He has also studied in depth the program itself and found that the claims of it being necessary in the name of some kind of “science” is 100% inaccurate.
http://acslpa.org/html/john_evland_videos.html
Of most interest towards deer management in his presentation is vids 4 through 8.