A lot of it here is less hunting because of diminishing land access, and consolidation of acreage. There was never an overabundance of trees round here to begin with, and a LOT of what were here have been chopped down over the last couple decades. So the deer aren't moving around as much because most of the treelines that were along property borders are gone.
Then throw in the fact that the days of walking up to farmer Frank's door and getting permission to hunt are over... you got better odds asking if you can screw his wife. Most of the prime hunting acreage has been sold off to hunting clubs from out of state, or parcelled up and got a bunch of transplant city folk McMansions on it now. What's left is pretty slim pickins.
