Less than ideal weather is one of the factors for a low number of deer being killed during this hunting season which closed over the weekend. Matt Jones with the Department of Natural Resources tells Tide News, the early estimate for the entire province is 5860. Jones adds the warmer than normal temperatures certainly didn't help hunters in their search for some meat to tuck away in the deep freeze.
Jones adds this years total is down 24% from last year which is close to what they expected. The final number should be comfirmed over the next two weeks.
