Sounds like you need to start knocking on doors and asking for permission to hunt.
Pretty much this, although its kind of late in the game. To put a positive spin on things you just had a learning experience hunting archery with the later seasons involved. If your hunting private land you will want to have "early season" altitude area to hunt and "late season" altitudes. Learn the migration patterns of the deer with a heavy snow year this year. Have some "wintering area" property on the permission list. With having the high altitude like you have already you can move with the deer depending on the type of winter for that year.
I'm not real knowledgeble with that neck of the woods over there, but I would guess that there is state or fed land down at the altitude the deer have moved. While not optimal as private land "more pressure" that can always be a fall back, and may be good with the better than average snow we are having that normal. Break out the maps and the assesors web site and start figuring out who owns what where you need to be. Although your late to the game doing this, you may find the late season "honey holes" when we have another winter like this.
Good luck
Shootmoore
