In the past 3 seasons, I've taken 3 trophy-class buck. I've seen several more.

In the previous 7 seasons, I had only seen one trophy buck and tagged out every year with spikes, forks, scrubs, etc.

I'm still not seeing 150" monstrosities every time out, but I'm seeing better deer generally.

Now, it's not uncommon to see a decent buck periodically. I'm hunting the same place I always have, and I'm noticing the results. I'll qualify this by saying that I'm a little more picky than I have been in the past, and I would have tagged out earlier if I was shooting the first buck I saw. I'm sure that plays into the results as well.

Nonetheless, I feel that there's a correlation, but that's just me.