Honestly I know nobody will agree with me but this is a thaught of why we aren't seeing as many deer in daylight. A deer will pattern hunters very quickly and become nuckturnal. They will have areas that nobody ever steps foot in and will stay there until they know hunters are not present. Back when people hunted with dogs they made deer move more during daylight and the dogs nose took them to these areas that hunters wouldn't normally set foot in therefore making deer that would never be seen in daylight move. So I think the more corn we feed and less intrusion we have could actually be contributing to the reasons we aren't seeing the deer. I know there are not as many deer as there were before the liberal does harvests but there are still alot of deer that we aren't seeing during daylight.
The reason we don't see as many deer in daylight is because they all (bucks & does) are being hunted HARD from Oct 15-Feb 10. If a animal is hunted it usually won't move much when it thinks your around. Go back to doe days and we will at least start seeing a lot more does again. I personally have not killed a doe since about 1998 and never plan to again, but if I take my daughter she is welcome to take one or two if given the opportunity.
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