Bingo!! That did it at the farms we hunt. One of the farmers up the road told us yesterday he found 80 deer on 3 properties, all of which have ponds and were the last remaining water source during the drought. Deer sightings and kills are down to around the same as your numbers. Normally we would take between 15and 25 deer annually between 5 guys. This year we are down to 7 kills as of today.

Its Mother Natures way of thinning the herd. She breaks all the weak branches off trees in high winds, knocks weak trees over, kills weak animals in severe cold or when overbrowsing occurs, etc.