Less private land available to hunt,decreased amounts of deer on public land because of over mature forests and no logging being allowed on state land.Significant hunting pressure on the state land that is easily accessible.I know the hunting was better many years ago.We do have antler restrictions in place in a couple of management unit's hopefully that will help.
Unfortunately we have had most of ouer private land purchased by second homeowners from New York City and by and large they are not hunter friendly.Because there is very little consistent food at higher elevations because of the over mature forest we have our largest concentrations of deer on private lands down low.Not the best of circumstances.