Don't forget that different areas have different condititons.

Since the demise of the West Jefferson Public Hunting Area, I am seeing fewer deer in my area. The land has been leased to clubs with members that have been taught that killing antlerless deer is a good management strategy to keep the population density down.

It's working here.

I'm seeing deer, or the lack of them, at about the same rate I was seeing them back in the mid-seventies. That means I go for weeks sometimes without seeing a deer at all anywhere.