Cold weather is coming soon (boooooo!) which will bring more player back in from doing their summertime fun stuff, so I expect to see some climbing in the number of players.
Plus I sense a new commercial in the near future (Ranger sense is tingling) which might help.
No we don't have the numbers we used to, the the "old" guys are getting older and the young guys rather make love to their Xbox than play a real man's game.
We are a dying breed folks. Face it. So let's just keep doing our thing balls to the wall as long as we can.