Here in SE Alabama we do not contend with the severe winters that you folks up north do.

Where I hunt the main issue is over population. We have worked closely with the state game folks for about 15 years to address this problem. It has amazed me how many deer we take off the 3000 +/- acres we hunt .... year after year and yet see no real drop off in population. Typically we take about 60-80 does and 20-25 decent bucks every year. Last yer we took 68 does and 27 bucks.

Photos on trail cameras we set out almost immediately after the season indicate that there are still plenty of deer hanging on the property. For example, on the 36 cameras we set out, one each on a 36 food plots, in one week's time there were over 65,000 photos. Yep ... 65,000 !! Gobs of does. Lots of young bucks and a hand full of studs that made it another year.

Interestingly enough, there were very, very few photos triggered by turkeys. Unusual for where we hunt .... and so far it has been a dry turkey season for us.