# If you're seeing big deer and finding big sheds - you're in an area with lots of big deer, and you should be able to get one.
# If you're NOT seeing any big deer, and you're looking hard, but still NOT finding any good sheds - you're simply hunting an area where there just AREN'T any big deer, and you're wasting your life away trying.
I didn't read through all the pages.. just the original posting.. so I have no idea what everyone has or holds to their own opinion.
I also have never made fun of another dude who kills any buck of any size.. to each his own.
I also know that location is a HUGE key in taking a big whitetail... in any state.. region.. county.. and right down to property lines.
But I will say this.. as an accomplished shed hunter who knows a thing or two about shed hunting.. and shed hunters.
Fran, I love you, but these 2 statements (I quoted above) are completely innacurate.
Don't get me wrong.. I know location is key. But it isn't and shouldn't be held to state or region.. but rather property line. Although I hunt in Illinois and Wisconsin.. I have very VERY little property to hunt in each. One thing shed hunting will teach you... the difference in property lines is HUGE.. and I know that this is the greatest reason why many truly will never kill an older deer.