Deerfly,I'm sure several of those bucks were 1.5 years old.Last years mild winter and excellent mast crop assured that the deer came out of winter very healthy and sporting larger racks.Yes,I was able to see the brow tines on every buck.It's not hard when you have good glass and the deer are less than 50 yards away.I'm not telling you how many bucks hunters are harvesting in 2G.I'm simply telling you what I witnessed.Those bucks were all feeding in agriculture fields and they'll most most likely disperse more in the fall.I would also go as far as saying that we have more adult bucks around here than we do adult doe.I have no way to prove that other than by observation but I've been getting about 3 bucks on film for every doe and I'm seeing way more bucks at nightime thanI am does.I have no idea what the actual b/d ratio is but it isn't 1/2.i've had far more opportunities to kill bucks in archery season over the past three years than I've had opportunities at does.

The harvest rates will vary all accross every management unit.There are areas they get alot of pressure and areas that get very little pressure,even on public land.It's obvious by the low deer numbers in these remote areas that hunters are not controlling the herd there.I'm not claiming no deer were harvested in these remote areas butthey recieve very little pressure.

I'm also not saying that hunters didn't drastically reduce the herd.They did but the habitat has also been playing a role.