I' m sure it has NOTHING to do with the fact that down South the hunting seasons are 6 months long ... and bag limits are in the double digits.

Up North gun seasons may only be 1 to 2 weeks long, tops.

For example ... Georgia muzzleloader starts October 11-17 then the gun season starts from October 18th to January 11th(southern zone)

or Pennsylvania which has a Muzzleloader Antlerless only October 18-25 then gun season starts December 1 -13 then a late season " flintlock only" Dec 26th through January 10th

Penn' s bucks have 29 days to dodge lead .. 19 of those from Flintlock open sighted muzzloaders
Georgia bucks have 92 days to try and avoid being perforated by the best technology has developed.

I' d be a little more twitchy down South to!!!!!!!