Well you can look at the numbers and try to determine what the size of the deer herd is, but I think that you also need to consider how long the season is now compared to 10 years ago. In addition to that consider all of the advancements that have been made to the equipment now-a-days. I'm thinking that the deer herd is much smaller than what the state will admit. Then you have the insurance companies complaining about car/deer accidents, and saying that they are getting too many claims. But they won't come out and tell you that they 50,000 more licensed drivers on the road.