You are asking the wrong question. The question you should be asking is,when was the last time the PGC said our harvest decreased the OWDD and that was in 2001 ,when an anterles harvest reduced the OWDD by 8%.

In 2003 the PGC said we had a PS herd of 1.6 M deer , up from 1.3K in 2001 and according to the PGC the 2003 harvest kept the herd stable . Note,when they announced the 2004 harvest , there was no mention as to whether the OWDD increased or decreased. They will probably announce that when they announce the anterless allocations for 2005.