ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Here's a good question....
How many 4.5 yr old bucks in your area are 103" deer?
ZERO. My buck this year was 2.5 and grossed right at 150". However, how many bucks live to be 4.5 here? Almost none. Really.
150" is a top end buck here. In fact, he was one of 2 bucks we were after this year. Anything over 120" is really good here. In over 30 years of hunting this areamy dad has seen 1 B&C buck (I have seen none). A typical 12 with length and mass on every tine. My dad has a 186+" buck from SE Ohioand said this one was "way bigger". We have genetics andnutrition, but theyjust don't get the chance to get any age on them here. Too many hunters and a lack of cover.