Here is what Trupe of QDMA was quoted as saying.
Lower kill numbers during the current season are in part a function of weather patterns, said Steve Trupe, with the Quality Deer Management Association, a group that aims to balance deer population with habitat sustainability.
''The deer adapted to the circumstances, the hunters didn't.
It's that simple,'' Trupe said.
So there really isn't less deer, and changing weather patterns are the reason for lower sightings.How does he expect to have any credibility,making statements like that?