Deer hunting in particular, but game pursuit in general, is a whisper of what it was not so many years ago. Sadly, it will have to get worse before it gets better. Even then, I’m not sure it will change. Until landowners see a financial benefit to changing farming practices that enhance and expand habitat, the outlook is bleak. Throw in disease, oil/gas development, wind farms and horseshit weather, the outcomes are pretty obvious. Let us not forget our local, state and federal politicians can’t spell “conservative”, let alone know the meaning of such when it comes to habitat and wildlife. It’s not that complicated. The evidence is all around us, we’ve watched it gradually transpire for the last 10-20 years. Sportsmen complacency only compounds and expedites the process.