I don't see "True" booners, being over 170 Typ, or 195 Non-Typ, every year. In the past 5 years I've seen probably0-2 per year(often times 0)... it was just hit or miss in seeing them. One of the biggest bucks I ever saw was after a 2 hour spot and stalk in public open country, only to have my arrow deflect off a branch and literally bounce off the top of the back of the big non-typical buck. Now when I was younger, could hunt nearly every day, and the hunting pressure wasn't nearly as bad, myoddsof seeing a booner was much better.

Of course, sometimes i'm not that great at guessing the score. I watched the buck I shotlastfallfor about 25 minutes, and even then, was about 20 points lower that what he really was. The body size can be deceiving in regards to the rack size.


BTW.. I have to agree about Troy. I have a feeling it's going to be his year