This is my first season of hunting too. I thought I saw a pretty good number of deer this year (around the rut - nothing since). Although everyone I talked to did say deer numbers were down due to weather. All in all, being my first time out, I was overjoyed to see anything! My son and I managed to see some does a couple of times, and I was lucky enough to see about 3 bucks this year. I did alot of hunting and I have nothing to compare it to. Not entirely sure if this was a slow year or not in Ohio.