This is strictly about the number of antlerless deer killed with a firearm. And people have been saying since the inclusion of the late antlerless season that it's up, and overall, it's down on both a percentage and numbers basis since 2012.

Point being...if you did away with the late antlerless season by making all counties a 3 the way some have suggested be done, what would likely happen is we would see a rise in harvest numbers of antlerless deer in the firearms and muzzleloader seasons to offset the loss of that season.

BTW, it's impossible to tell how much of an impact crossbows have had on the antlerless harvest as the data isn't broken down that way.