I Live in Armstrong County PA and Yes, we are seeing less deer but the bucks arebecoming monsters. For example in rifle or archeryif you would see a buckthat was a eight point with a 16 inchspread that was a reallyreally goodbuck. But not anymoreifthe buckis 15 inches then thats our borderline buck. We usually pass them up and let them grow for next year.

Even tho you don't see deer they are there. Deer are smarter than you think they are. Just remember this everytime you step into the woods your in there home.

Plus where I hunt I used to see 70 deer the first day of rifle with all small bucks. NowI see about 40 deer and a good chance to see a larger buck. Another thing to take into consideration is posted land. People are buying land and posting it. When hunting season rolls around they post up all daylong in there tree stands. So they dont move the deer around. I know thats half of the reasonwhy I am not seeing as many deer.

Just some thoughts--- PAHUNTER1981