The area I hunt in Virginia sure had a drop in deer too. Started about 4 years ago. What is strange is that the 80 acres I hunt was clearcut 2 years ago. Over this past summer I had at least 6 beautiful bucks on our cameras. We got one in bow season and one in blackpowder season. There is only about 3 does that hang around consistently. Five to ten years ago it was nothing to see 10 to 15 deer a day, now its about 1 to 2 a day. I was wondering the other day when I was reading about blue tongue clobbering certain parts of the states and folks were saying it was because of mild winters. Then why doesnt a state like Texas get clobbered year after year since its winters cant be too bad, or for that matter, Semi, your state of Louisiana.