Not taking does sounds smart for now. We've owned our hunting land for 10 years now and have noticed a big difference in deer sightings certain years. For example, this year there have been deer everywhere - we've always had multiple sightings pretty much every time we go out. Part of it may be due to the bumper crop of acorns on our property, but it can't be solely attributed to that. We think because of the very mild winter last year, a lot more deer survived it and therefore there have been more around.

We had a few lean years where we really didn't see much and there was less deer sign in the area. But we've never been able to really pinpoint all the reasons for this....