TOWER - While some local papers splashed weighty headlines across the tops of their pages this week declaring a 7 percent drop in the deer harvest compared to 2011, most hunters were left to wonder just what that really means.

You see while dramatic headers may sell papers, in order to understand how significant the final harvest number is - and where it comes from - you need to take a look at past seasons.

That's where you'll find the real story.

Every deer hunter who spen...

Sept. 13, 2012

By JESSE WHITE