Or just people turning reporting kills without actually killing anything.

It really hasnt been that many deer......They only report about 500 does per season so it only takes 20 deer or so to change the numbers by 5%.......There's a lot of folks out there that still bow hunt during gun season

My areas are down, both in harvest and observation

Something that catches my eye are some of the southeastern counties like Montgomery, Coffee, Dale that are right on par with other counties in their doe harvest but falling further and further behind with buck harvest…..It kinda tells you that hunters are out there hunting and shooting stuff but just not shooting bucks……One thing I’ve thought about with all of this stuff is that you’re almost going to have to look at each county or groups of similar counties in the same area as their own entity when looking at the timeline for any impacts that baiting may or may not be causing versus looking at anything on a state level……Each area or county has its own set of variables that influences how things play out.