The main problem is there is not as much deer seen today as in the past. I don't think it has anything to do with the seasons length it has to do with land that has been excluded from hunting. In the area where I hunt 2500 acres was donated to a college and has become off limits to all hunting. There must be hundreds of areas all over the state like this. The deer are not bothered there, they have food and water so they stay there. Visit one of these places during the season you will see what I am talking about.