So we're back to "location".
My only point (and Im not bustin on you Scott...at all) is that public perception is that "successful" hunters are the ones killing big deer. "Big" is relative. Check the P&Y entries for Florida.
Location is 100% of it. You don't see many revered whitetail hunters come out of Fl, SC, etc... . Why is that?
I agree they don't hold the numbers of big bucks like other areas do. I believe the long gun seasons, very liberal buck bag limits, over population of animals, use of dogs etc etc.... hold these areas back. Alabama has good bucks, so does Georgia and Mississippi.... Look how far South Texas and Mexico are.... Why do these southern states have more good deer thanthe others????
All I am saying is it isn't the "location" as much as what happens there.
Like I said there are "big" bucks every where deer are found..... Like I posted in another thread NC just had a 140some inch buck entered into P&Y..... They are there.
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