Buck, I've talked with several of the state's deer biologists in the past month. On a person-to-person level (meaning not for press) they're all expecting an increase this year in harvest and herd numbers. It's largely due to the winter/spring seasons that were exactly what the doctor ordered to bounce the herd back. It'll take another couple good winters and springs to stablize numbers we've all been familiar with in recent years (prior to this past seasons drop). But they do remain very optmistic that we're on the right track to hitting the ideal numbers.

Forum-wise, harvest numbers were discussed here quite a bit back then (feb.)from what I remember. Some were locked and deleted. I'm shocked that none have popped up in searches.