not to brag here but if your like me and not picky its not real hard to take a deer a day....i mean im lucky i have a good spot dad helped me find and the deer density is GREAT...its an old growing up clearcut..now a maturing forest but still young...as long as the weather isnt horrible and noone messes us up we see alot of deer a day....2 years in a row we seen atleast 20 deer there by 10am....this year guys messed up the spot and sat in a bad place(public land cant do anything but hope the deer still come or move) and the weather was pretty rough..we only seen 7...except for this year weve never hunted that spot and didnt have a drag out......the weather and lack of hunters hurt us this year....we still took 2 does from there on the opener...but im lucky to have a good spot like that...me and dad definently dont spend 22 days hunting to bag our deer.....but it took me 4 years to bag a buck....i WAS a big time meat hunter...if it was a deer i was taking the shot if i had one..so i scared the bucks away and things like that...now im letting dad do the meat hunting...ill hunt my horns...but like this year...hunting was tough so i filled the freezer first....i hunted 9 days and bagged 2 deer this year....last year i hunted 3 hours..bagged a buck and doe....that spot was great....now to many guys caught on and followed the shooting and drag marks and found it...back to the drawing board....but i know kids that hunted a few years and have yet to see a deer while hunting.....so i guess thats how that average is so high......