Guess it's where you are. Plenty of deer in our part of Texas. Saw a half dozen or more on my way home (in the country) tonight. In fact, you better drive slow and pay attention or you're likely to run over one at night on almost any country road in our county.
Deer hunting is a good source of income for land owners around here. And if it weren't allowed, we'd be overrun with deer dying from starvation.
Come to Missouri. I’ll show you some deer hunting. Ask my in law from Austin where he got the one mounted on the wall?