I used to deer hunt but it just got too dangerous. Many others feel the same way. My case - I got shot at and luckily missed. After levering off a full magazine of my 30-30 into the ground in the shooters general direction, I suspect he doesn't hunt any longer either. Our problem is that we are only about 150 miles from NYC and those characters as well as the New Jersey folks show up most every weekend and have ruined it for us Upstate locals. With fewer of us hunting, there are more and more deer being hit by vehicles. A couple weeks ago one was killed on the road behind my house, yesterday, one on the main road a mile or so away. Then there is that cracked wheel arch molding with the hair stuck in it on my F350......