Bollweevil
Eight Pointer
Cotton acres planted are way down compared to the late 90s and early 2000s due to low prices. Also, the farmers have been shooting them in the fields long before the permits ever existed. EHD, predation and liberal deer harvest are killing the deer herd numbers.
Bertie County is down as well. I have never seen Bertie out of the top three in the state in deer harvest.
In my experience I have had some good kills over the last 5-7 yrs but I have seen way less deer than I used to. Maybe that is a plus but I know for fact deer numbers are down where I hunt.
It's the lowest deer harvest in Bertie County since 1991!!!