In 2008 the deer hunting season there were less deer harvested in 2008(10,945) then from 2000-2007. The deer harvested in the last couple years have gone up and down the highest was saw in 2008(13,559). The hope among hunters has been that the deep harvest pick back up.
Some of the reason why the number of deer has gone down is not because of winter kill or killed by another animal. It is simply because the amount of acorns has picked up so the deer are not traveling as much to go get apples and other feed. This makes it hard on the people that just go and sit in the easy to get spots because the deer are not traveling but, for the people that go deeper into he woods and that are experienced enough to locate the deer in deep woods and find where they are bedding down and feeding.
If you can locate the deer then you will have a promising deer hunt and possible the chance at that trophy whitetail buck that you dream about.
