475,

Well, I hate to say this, but much of California has moved into the valley floor around the Ruby's and the deer populations are now about 20% of what they once were. They have moved onto the deers' critical wintering range. It isn't all habitat encroachment...poor management by the DOW, rampant destruction by foreign mining companies, poaching by the transient mine workers...all have pretty well destroyed the hunting there and in most of the rest of the state.

Years past, my buddies and I would hunt the Rubies every season...would see between 100 and 1,000 deer a day quite often. They were all over the place! Now I can't even get drawn for a deer tag right here in my native State!