Sgt5, I don't know how the deer herd is where you reside but let me tell you this. I moved to Saskatchewan four years ago from Quebec. Deer hunting over there is hard, you normally shoot the first deer with antlers you see, it can be a spiker or a big eight, you don't care, you shoot. I've shot a dozen deer in Quebec and most were does or small bucks.
When I moved to Saskatchewan, everyone was telling me how bad it got and that the deer were starting to get better. What I saw my first hunting season made me sh*t bricks. Even at their lowest, the Whitetail population was MUCH better than what I had ever seen in Quebec. Obviously, if you grew up passing anything under 150 inch, your opinion on the deer herd won't be the same as someone who hunted Eastern states/provinces.
If , like me, you come from crappy/pressured deer hunting country, and hunt the forest fringe, you will probably see more quality deer than you have ever seen, even with a smaller herd.
