It's a number game. How many deer are to be harvested? How many deer hunters available to hunt? Every state is different and has their own unique problems.
Individuality doesn't enter into it. Some may benefit; some may not. It comes down to the number of deer, that is necessary for the state to harvest.

States with large number of gun deer hunters, like Pennsylvania, have shorter seasons. States with numerous gun hunters and few deer to harvest have even shorter seasons.

Statistics have proved that it is more difficult to harvest a deer with a bow than a rifle. To differ is just tilting at wind mills, and that argument is just ignored.

When I hunted in a state that had one buck for the entire season, I avoided archery season. When I moved to a state with multiple harvests available, I took up hunting archery, even though I had been shooting as a teen.

Archery is always a part of deer hunting. States can tweek the harvest numbers better with archery harvests. Something the gun only hunter has to live. Some things will never change.