I give you this example WV, I hunt in Georgia and Alabama not exactly the big buck capitols of the world, more like the brown and down capitals. I have taken a few P&Y deer with 2 being pursued to the ends of the earth and a couple by just being there when they showed up (RUT) with no idea they were on the property. Now my uncle has killed several deer that go well over P&Y and a couple more gun kills that score over P&Y standards. He is the most consistant hunter that I may ever have the privalage to ever hunt with. We hunt in areas where the expected antler size is around that 100 to 110 mark but he still manages to kill deer bigger than most in our area have ever seen. I can assure you this has to do strictly with his ability to find where big deer live, and again that horseshoe up his arse helps from time to time. We hunt together (same land) about 95% of the time and when we scout a new area I sometimes ask him why on God's earth do you want to hang a stand here??? I will go on to my pretty oak hollow or the apple orchard and I'll be danged if I do not get that text message yearly of him saying I am getting a little to old to drag this big boy out would you mind climbing down and helping me, you ain't seeing deer anyways. It actually made me chuckle writing it cause I can hear him now. I am also in 100% agreement with you that some of the best woodsman out there may never kill a P&Y deer. P&Y is just a number anyway, what is really the difference between a 124 7/8" deer and a 125? And in all actuality the 124" deer could be much bigger but score less due to deductions.

Michael