I admire your persistence. I know a lot of my buddies still living in PA gave up on hunting a long time ago, my best friend this year, and he shot a doozer two years ago.
I hear a lot of hunters saying this. My experience is the exact opposite I see a lot of deer.....and I am hunting State Game Lands.
I don't really have a choice. Hunting out of state isn't in the cards. So I do with what I have at my disposal.