yes sometimes I think you guys are hopeless hunter but I'll keep trying.
Doug,we always seem to hit a wall somewhere between habitat and overharvesting.Trust me as I said many times on here not all areas have low numbers because of habitat.Some places just have too much hunting pressure with easy access which keeps the populations down to very low numbers.
As for deer coming out to the road on 322,sometime when the acorns are thick spotlight in the field on greenwood road.You'll see alot of deer in there and alot just laying down.Not much in that old field to eat yet they come out to the clearing.Never during the day only at night.I see deer in people's yards just standing or sitting when the acorns are heavy back in the woods.I know a place where they stop and snack on fresh apples on their way out to a clearing which has nothing to eat.I often wondered why they come into openings at night but it's definately not always to eat.Many of times I saw deer standing or laying on 322 with fresh acorns on the ground back in the woods.They'll take white oak acorns over dryed up grasses anyday.