If you’re talking about the overall trend across the state……I think the northern part of the state and the higher elevations were more negatively impacted by the late start because they have such late green-ups compared to everyone else…..In the past they were essentially getting to hunt an earlier pre-rut time period when gobblers are the most susceptible that no one else was really getting to hunt in the same manner. Once gobblers get henned up then everyone is on the same playing field of trying to kill one…..like all the bucks being locked down with a doe. Basically this season most everyone started the season either “henned up” or right on the cusp of it…..That had less of an impact on the southern counties because they had already been starting the season after "hen up"...... so their season wasn’t as effected by that variable…..Taking away those prime days from the northern and higher elevation counties…..aka….the late, late green ups…..had a big impact on how many gobblers they killed. That's why you have Jackson being the most impacted....

Those 30-50% swings you see in some of the southern counties are being effected by another variable....."grass"