My first season hunting the ANF was 1978. We used to see 30-40 does and fawns A DAY! If someone got a buck it was usually a spike. Man, you felt like a big shot shooting that spike, it was a big deal then. But the herd WAS mismanaged BACK THEN, .....severely. PA was just a game farm for malnourished 1.5 year old spike bucks....that WAS sad.

You get, I get it. No sense beating our brains out trying to explain it.
Hunting has never been better, enjoy it while it lasts.