The increase in Deer vs Auto collisions starts the day farmers start cutting crops(Sept,Oct). Cut down a deers primary food and bedding source and they start moving. Not Diddleee Squat to do with hunting! Same thing happens in Spring when farmers move into fields to plant - not as bad as Fall - but it happens none the less.

Some of these stats are pure Cow Dung to make it appear as though hunters are the primary cause of property damage and human fatalitys.
How About - Early season Dove,Squirrel,Duck hunting - also displace deer long before any gun season starts with exception of Bow.

Maybe a smart attny will file a class action suit someday asking for millions in damages from all the liciensed hunters - Give me a Break!