I've been mule deer hunting in the West TX sandhills area for 20 years, the last 8-9 our ranch has been enrolled in the MLD program here. One of the requirements of the program is to do annual surveys. Sometimes we spotlight, sometimes the landowner will fly it, and sometimes both. Our numbers are about half of what they were 10 years ago due to lingering drought throughout that time period, and it was an area of low deer densities to begin with.
