Something to ponder.... Can hunters overcome poor weather weekends regarding the total number of deer killed? Totally made up numbers here for illustration purposes. Hear me out....
Lets assume that a high percentage of all deer in Coosa Cty are killed on Fri, Sat, and Sun (weekend)... which probably isnt a terribly bad thought. And lets also say that the average number of deer killed in Coosa county per (decent) normal hunting pressure weekend of rifle season is 250. What happens if Coosa County experiences bad weather on 4 of those weekends (rain, wind, heat, extreme cold) .. anything that would keep the normal number of deer from being shot.
So instead of killing ~250 on those weekends, only 50 were killed. This example provides an 800 deer deficit for the year, which is a significant number. So if the other good weekends were around average kill numbers, there is no way that the hunters could "catch up" with the deficit the bad weather weekends produced. One might look at that shortfall and think about alot of other causes other than something as simple as the weather.
Just stuff that will make you think.... the numbers and percentages on Harold's charts and graphs show trends, but we are simply left guessing at the causes of those trends.
