The main deer seasons in Iowa have come to a close.

Iowa Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Jeremy King says that the second gun season, along with the late muzzleloader and archery seasons were different from the first gun season. He tells Raccoon Valley Radio why that was.

“We were well above freezing for some of our lows for a large part of those seasons. So our hunters had a little bit more trouble harvesting and filling those tags that second gun to late muzzleloader (season). And that was mainly due just to (the) weather.”

King mentions that the temperature difference mainly affected those hunters who sat in place and waited for deer to come to them, but that those who pushed animals towards companions were able to see similar results as the first gun season. He adds that numbers are down at the moment, with hunters harvesting nine percent less animals than last year, and 25 percent less than the five year average.