I've hunted deer in lots of places since 1960, that didn't have all that many deer either.

Some of them had more deer by the 90s, some didn't. I tended to hunt where they were more plentiful, still do. Even though numbers there are about half what they were in the peak years, there are still more deer around than in the 70s. Your experiences may well differ?

It's a big state we live and hunt in.