What you fail to grasp is that just because there's less deer,it doesn't mean the hunting is poor.2G has vast areas with lousy habitat and therefore little reason for there to be alot of deer.
I didn't say the hunting was poor in 2G. What I am saying is despite your myoptic view of the situation, fewer hunters can be successful at harvesting a deer now, than in 2000 , no matter how hard they hunt, how much they move or how smart they hunt.
The max. sustainable harvest is determined by the number of fawns recruited that survive until hunting season. it has nothing to do with how much hunters move ,how hard they hunt or how smart they are.