HuntenPhool is right. It used to be 4 weeks and run hard into the November Migration. Population growth, competition between weapons groups, and a good share of hard winters and fires, blended with lack of 20/20 forsight from WDFW have cut nail to the skin. Really though, the bucks are being taken by those that continue to adapt and work hard. The big bucks still exist, just look at that giant Highhunter clicked with a digital, but the total herd population is way down. The total season is actually much longer now if you add the user groups together, and that in my opinion is a problem because the game is now pushed from September into December instead of a 10 day Highhunt plus what used to be 4 weeks of any weapon. Hunter weapons are better, and also knowledge because of websites like this which cause me to waste incredible amounts of time viewing.