i believe it.....i dont think it was a god rifle season....up north in the mountains where many hunters go the first week was horrible weather wise.....second day about everyone stayed in....freezing cold windy and snow made it tough....deer werent moving much at all....and if deer were killed alot were does..guys just getting meat and getting out of the cold.....i hunted clear till the last day of flintlock season and seen a ton of deer....an actuall herd of 12 walked by me in range...no antlers....alot of bucks dropped already....i know there was a buck or 2...bodys alot bigger then the other deer....mature does were visible as well as fawns....2 stood out that were bigger....i got 2 does this year so i was waiting for antlers after the first saturday in rifle season.....tough hunting......i believe the stats would be low.....everyones going to say oh they are fixed so we kill more next year blah blah blah.......not to many people got deer this year....noone wanted to hunt and if they did most wouldnt hunt how they had to to get the deer....we did drives from the first weekend on and did great.....about 20 deer killed by our groupd of 15 or so.....14 were bucks...thats the way to hunt these conditions.....we passed 100s of hunters sitting on their stands in their trees swaying back and forth from the wind..and the frezzing cold and snow made the deer lay up long.....most hunters just said oh well theres no deer left from last year........i am on who will never believe it....i seen 100s of deer this year