No one except your DNR of course. A percentage of 17013 deer is still a relevant stat.
You know what else has changes since 2001, probably got twice the hunters out there too. Either way it ain't about numbers it's about quality, if your age class is 3 years younger that makes a big difference.
You're clearly overly emotional and finding stats to backup your feelings, and anyone who tries to draw similarities between CWD and Covid has clear markers of reaching for straws trying to gain some sort of emotional support. Talk to us when Pfizer comes out with a CWD vaccine and mandates the states to adminster it. The two aren't even in the same realm, but you keep on the good fight and keep ignoring the stats. Hopefully with the money being spent on research we'll find out just how big of a deal, or not, it actually is, but the extreme emotional response on both sides over the "discussion" aren't worth a steamer.