It is impossible to draw any conclusion at this point. Even when we get all the data we can in Indiana we are speculating. There are just too many variables we don't correct for. But it is pretty easy to make the argument that our deer herd is stable based on overall harvest for the past few years. The stated DNR goals have been met. I speculate that any serious hunter will kill the number of deer s/he wants regardless of tool used. I am sure a few more deer are killed that might not have been killed if the hunter was forced to use a 100 yard gun instead of a 150 yard gun but I bet that is not many. The buck I killed with my rifle would have been dead with my scoped shotgun with sabots either way.