In Wisconsin, I am not going to be the one to judge if it helped or hurt. Helped what or hurt what? I don't think that hunting is much of a thought when it comes to deer management. What I mean is...DNR has their herd projections and research that think the herd numbers and ratios should be. They base the licensure on those statistics. EAB is not created to provide more quality shooting for a hunter, it is provided to create a more quality animal habitat with carrying capacity and gender ratios. This year in Wisconsin, deer harvest was way down. Is that because there aren't deer? Or because we had to shoot does? Weather? I don't know the reason but I trust that next year we will hunt deer and some people will shoot nice ones and some won't. The one thing I do like about the Wisconsin EAB system is...once a doe is harvested you are issueda buck sticker. That sticker is good for this season and the next. Essentially it is EAB everyother year if you shoot a doe. That's my 2 cents worth.