i live and hunt in 5c. there is a major deer problem, but i think the solution is not more hunting, but stop building so many damn houses. i know for a fact that i can go out any day at any time and see deer where i hunt, but most of the people i know who bowhunt let does walk untill later in the year. i dont see any reason for starting bow season sooner. but the two weeks between bow and gun can seem like forever.