RE: how is that possible?
Definately, just your state. You used to be able to kill 32 deer in MD with all three licences of bow, gun, and ML. I killed 3 during gun myself, two with a bow, and one during early ML. and can kill unlimited doe I believe in some places. I know I have to kill 2 more doe before I can kill another buck. And I don't need the doe right now.
These are generally places where urban spawn has gone wild and upseted the balance of deer/open land. Places like I grew up in Eastern Ky, Southern WV, are balanced pretty well. And nature takes care of itself. Like Maine. And there are alot of limits there like Maine. I keep telling these boys in MD, they don't know what hard hunting is and they got it made. Up here there is a 90% success rate. Thats unheard of in alot of the country. But the poplulation will settle out sooner or later.
I alone have taken 6 deer one day on crop damage permits. Thats not counting towards my licence either.