Hey Zingnut, who's your uncle. I grew up in Hermann but i hunt on the north side of the river in Montgomery county. The area I hunt still has a few big farms so there are a few decent bucks over there but most of the area gets broke up intosmall acreages like 40 or 50 acres. Than you have 10 people hunt it and shoot everything they see. I hate that. I still hunt back there quite a bit, but luckily my wife's family has lots of land in Iowa thatdoesn't get a lot of hunting pressure like back home.