The mornin I shot my buck while goin in the gate I had a talk with the check station guy (older gentleman) and the way he talked the # of deer now in the swamp is way down from what it used to be...he pointed most the blame toward coyotes...which I could see a possibility but didn't know the coyotes were that bad in the swamp...and from what I heard there has been more hog trapping occur in in the off season and that would explain the very low hog numbers...