That's the major problem here in Alabama. Alabama has a reputation for having smallbucks but its due mostly to the fact that our bucks rarely live to be3 years old. Long hunting seasons with no antler restrictions and a buck and a doe per day limit means that theyusually develope a severecase of lead poisoning before they can reach peak maturity. Also, forestry has replaced agriculture as our primary industry here. Where there used to be fields of corn and soybeans now there are stands of highbred loblolly pine trees. Good cover but not much nutrition. However in places where people exercise a little trigger restraint and have standing corn/soybeans or either supplemental feed there are bucks that would make even a Pike County, Illinois boy proud. Like this one killed at Portland Landing about 20 miles from where I live.