I haven't hunted in 30 years (fishing is my thing these days), but in NC, there are more deer now than there were a few hundred years ago...them suckers adapt, and food is plentiful. A friend of mine has hit two with her car in the past six months, and I came close a few weeks ago. IMO, deer hunting is about "woodsmanship", etc. and the more serious, "better" hunters typically use blackpowder rifles, bows, etc. as the season opens earlier, and one must get MUCH closer to the deer (easier said than done) in order to get a clean shot. It's not my thing anymore, but if the deer population isn't thinned down by hunters, then cars and diseases will. I remember the very last time I went...sitting there in mid-teen temperatures freezing my tail off...I never saw a deer that day...probably due to the fact they could've heard my teeth chattering from a few hundred yards away
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