How is tracking harvest going to help if we don't know how many deer should be killed???

2 years ago I killed 3 deer (1 buck and 2 does). Last year I killed 2 deer (1 buck and 1 doe). Did I kill enough? Too many? Just right?

What are the conclusions that can be drawn? The deer population went down where I hunt so I killed fewer deer? I hunted less? I was more selective??? Any conclusion on this data would probably be wrong.

If they can't properly answer these questions for one person, how can they be answered for a whole state???

Does this mean that nothing should be done? I don't know??? Harvest data will show trends but I serious doubt limits will be adjusted due to just this data. It would certainly have to be combined with lots of other data.

The only way I can see for harvest data to be truly useful is if fairly accurate population estimates can be obtained in order to determine how many deer SHOULD be harvested and then have harvest quotas implemented on that data.