How many saw a doe first day of the combined season, shot it and never came back to hunt for a buck?
I didn't address that factor because no one knows the answer to that question. What we do know is that it did not significantly impact the harvest of 2.5 buck since he harvest rate increased from the pre-AR rate of around 75% ,to 86% in 2003. If the harvest rate for 2.5+ buck wasn't effected ,why would you think it might negatively effect the harvest rate for legal 1.5 buck?