some kind of disease hit our deer last year and I usually kill one or two deer a year and we get 6 tags but I shut bow hunting down when duck season starts and resume it when it closes.that was a 10 1/2 foot gator,just one of the 70 tags we had.we had a 8 foot average that year.had one gator that was right at 10 with atleast a foot of tail missing.went and cleaned up my stands and got some good sign this year,im ready for September bow season to get here!