The opening weekend of firearms normally accounts for approximately 40% of the buck harvest for the entire deer season.

To those that say the weather (and to a lesser extent) the timing of this season wouldn't impact those numbers, IMO ignores the facts the data shows year after year.

So will the buck harvest be down this year? I would imagine it will be, but I think it's got a whole lot less to do with overall deer numbers and a whole lot more to do with the weather (and to a lesser extent) the timing of the opening weekend of the firearms season.