The deer population is still high.  I still see a LOT of deer out here, see MANY cars come in for body work from deer hits (3 in the past week, and we're a small shop!)   The deer are one reason I haven't been riding.  Since they're moving more, and jumping out, it just scares the crap out of me.  I had the butthole pucker going on a few months ago when one was just standing in the middle of the road as I was coming around a gradual curve (no leaning involved) in a place that I've never seen them before, after driving that stretch of road a couple times a day for about 8 years.    I started scanning the sides of the road more aggressively, immediately!