We MUST have a smaller herd. That is the reality. We can't have deer season being the equivalent of "reach in the water and take a couple trout home" day. The public (drivers), agriculture, forestry and insurance companies, not to mention the herd itself (carrying capacity for health) have a price to pay for "a deer behind every tree" mentality. I remember when I was young, there was a one deer per year limit. The success rate was something like one deer per seven hunters. Today, anyone that wants to shoot one bad enough, could, really. If you balance the herd with the habitat, success rates WILL decline. Its only logical.