I wonder if the poor economy has anything to do with the poor number of deer killed.
A poor economy means fewer people can take time off of work, drive to northern Wisconsin, rent a cabin/trailer, pay for beer, gas, food, ammo and beer.
It would be interesting to see if hunting related sales at WalMart, etc. were up or down (guns, bows, boots, long underwear, hats, gloves, tree stands, hot seats, etc). And if hunting permits were up or down.
License sales were up.