DOUG, I said this to myself and others.If I could walk and not be in a wheelchair taking a deer in my area would be to easy. I actually felt that way last year. Thee days and I seen 71 deer.I hunt alone and must wait for the exact conditions to shoot. I cant be chasing deer all over them steep hills. I must wait for the deer to be on one of the stone private drives , no more then 50 yards and use a cannon so it falls right down. And it still seemed to easy , I admit that.Last year in that snow and icestorm the buck I shot ran about 30 yards up a steep hill and dropped dead. I crawled on my belly up the hill and pushed the deer down to the road and then I rolled down. That was tough , but still finding a deer seems to easy. But I own a big chunk of property and short of Quiting hunting thats the way it will be. I had others from the state say they have a good deer pop but not as many as I see. I have never drove my 2 mile driveway without seeing a deer or went the 15 miles to town without seeing deer. Infact Several times while getting gas at a stop and go deer walked right across the lot in the middle of the day. I actually seen deer laying on peoples yard and one time on a persons porch right along a county asphalt road. Just drive I-79 between Morgantown and Charlestown in the rut around 3am to daylight down right dangerous.I have already counted over 100 deer just standing on the side of the road on that stretch. One night I stayed at a motel 8 off I-79 at a small strip mall and a herd of deer were walking down the sidewalk in front of krogers.I spent my lifes savings because there are so many animals in the area .When I want to see game and no people I just lock myself behind my gate and vegetate.I only ever took one person from Pa with me just to see my place. He being from deerless pa doubted me ,made fun of me also. His mouth just hung open the whole time and kept saying LOOK there and there ,oh my God deer everywhere. A real shock for him. Thats all he talks about since. I know of one deer that hangs around the peoples yard and will come right up to them when they are under their pic nic pavillion.NOT IN MY COUNTY, They put a orange collar on it so all the neighbors dont shoot it. Its like a pet and lives in the wild. Other then in the 60s in Pa I have never seen so many deer,thats why I spend my time there. I did spend over 3000 dollars this past year on deer pellets for the feeders and hundreds of dollars for fence around my garden. Gardens just dont survive there. Anyone who puts out a garden has fence around it. I am sure some areas are not as populated as mine, but it took me 3 years of traveling searching across the state for a area like that. You doudt me, I dont care, you dont have that many deer in your area, sorry, but stop shooting so many. I enjoy living in a zoo. I might not even hunt this year,who knows ,I admit I am becoming a softy. Its not that important to me anymore to kill something. I just enjoy my zoo. I really dont understand how anyone can drive thru that state without seeing deer anytime. I stayed at that Stonewall jackson state park one night. And they do allow hunting there. Holy schmolly deer everwhere. The golfers had to chase the deer off the greens to put.