Where I hunt we have seen just as many deer or even more than we have in the past year or two. We practiced not shooting any small bucks and shooting mature does before the AR were imposed and let me tell you, BE PATIENT. We have deer everywhere on our property and we are seeing just as many buck as we are doe and we are seeing them on consistent basis. Between 4 of us we have killed 3 mature doe and passed on several shooter bucks because we know there are bigger ones around. We have seen between 80 and 100 ( quite a few spike and fork horn) deer so far since the beginning of rifle season, more than we saw during the first couple weeks of archery. My best advice is to be patient and manage your own areas to the best of your ability and let things come full circle. Keep hunting hard.