I would trade hunting situations with you! Deer "wasteland" is what I have in my backyard. There is hardly a deer left to be found.
Perhaps that is a good thing this year, as we are having the harshest winter in history so far. But another 3 feet of snow and weeks on end of subzero temps and we might not even save the few deer left.
A very good friend of mine lives in Wisconsin and has bemoaned the apparently dwindling deer population in northern Wi for several seasons now. He talked, for two seasons, of seeing more wolves than deer in a week's hunt! Apparently the wolf season did have some impact on wolf numbers and sightings this year, however.
I know from his texts and emails lately that you all are having some rough weather now. I had to just send him a picture of the dusting of snow we just got here this morning in north central Tn. He gets a nice break from your weather in a couple weeks when we go on our annual hog hunt in Georgia. We both really look forward to ending our hunting seasons (big game) by chasing some big Ga boars!