The farm across the street from my house just 5 years ago would have had 30-40 deer feeding out in the corn field every evening. The most I' ve seen out there this past year was 8 deer. Most everywhere else in the county is the same, there are just simply far less deer out there than there used to be. If the seasons continue to be as liberal as they have been we will have no herd left at all.
Welcome to the world of hunting in South Jersey. Our deer herd got whacked hard in recent years and there seems to be very few deer in huntable area' s now. And while the quality of the experience has been bottoming out, the price for a continually diminshed quality has skyrocketed. Sorry, but I don' t think the NJ Division of F & W are any more a friend to hunters than France is currently a friend of the United States.