Just crunching numbers today and it looks like the national average is still holding strong. Only 12% of those entered have bagged a buck so far. I think we'll get another half dozen to a dozen entries this weekend, so that would take us up to 17% if twelve of us score this weekend. I think I remember reading somewhere that the national success rate is something like 20-25% for archery hunters. Can anyone verify this? Also, is that success rate for any deer or just bucks?

My early season ends on the 12th of this month, and I plan on taking off Thursday and Friday to hunt if I don't score this weekend. I don't get to hunt much during the late season because of the Holidays and the wife is beyond fed up already.[&:]