Just pulling your chain, man.
You're right though.......... while a 170s buck is a great buck, especially for a typical, I was also expecting something bigger to show up. Usually, in a contest like this a non-typical should usually win top spot. It goes to show how rare they are.
With almost 500 people from all over the US and Canada entered into this contest, it proves my earlier thread, location included

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A 160s buck is a top end buck, after that the air starts to get thin.
We were definately down from last year.