You're the first person I've ever heard say this about PA in comparison to our state or other southern states in regard to quality. All I've ever heard about PA is they have some numbers but hunters aren't selective, shoot everything they see, and while some big bucks show up, it's not a state high on the "wanna go there" list.
Gary Alt, for all the chit he endured before leaving due to all the chit he endured, may have been right.
I remember the PA guys nearly locking up the QDMA forum back around 2010 over that stuff……Here’s some reading for anyone interested. Regardless of right or wrong, it does give you some more perspective on how people can have different opinions when we start talking about how many deer we need or how many we will manage for.
http://www.mdi.net/dml/archives/DVD-DeerMismanagemntOverView-Final.pdf