RE: how has your area changed?
Some areas have no deer left but great McMansions and townhouse developments. I have lost three great spots to urban sprawl. Out of the two I still hunt one has more deer than you can shake a stick at while the other has been affected by the adition of a shotgun season about three years ago, there are now less big deer since every idiot and their momma show up shooting anything they can with their shotguns.