I think it's all what you make it!

When I started hunting the deer were not nearly as plentiful as they are today, we often hunted deer at the same time as moose in the forest when I was younger and I recall the first year I saw more moose than deer (5 moose and 2 deer both ended up in the freezer in 4 days of hunting...lol). Now if you hunt a week for moose and see 2-5 you have a great spot, if you hunt a week in most places for deer seeing anything less than double digits a day is SLOW. However i can say I have more vigor for hunting now then when I was 12 - 15. I have just changed the way I look at hunting as whole, for me it is a 12 month a year sport. The real icing on the cake is friendships, nature, peace, personal conquests and just maybe a opportunity to notch a tag....hum funny how that part is exactly the same as when I was younger.

I will say the additional population has led to more opportunity to hunt longer season and slightly larger bag limits. It also does help when introducing others to the sport in some ways but I also fear that those who maybe just deer hunt now and do not have to endure aren't really putting the right emphasis on what hunting means "aka; The real icing on the cake is friendships, nature, peace, personal conquests and just maybe a opportunity to notch a tag"!

Guess time will tell but if it ever gets old to this dog...I's have a better golf game and probably a happier wife (ok she is great but still when you live and breath it even the great one can sometimes complain..even though she loves how I feel for this great sport)