ORIGINAL: GregH
The number of mature deer that I have seen in 14 seasons would take a lot of digging around for me to find. What I do remember is that there have been some seasons of zero sightings and some as high as 12 in a single season. I've also noticed that as I gain more experience hunting these animals, my sightings seem to go up. Weird huh?
You must have been satisfied on why I hadn't seen a mature buck for my first 8 seasons?
Well no...not really, I guess there was (obviously) some reason why you didn't see any, perhaps there just weren'tas many around........like how it is in those other states I mentioned.
I do think it has more to do with location that experience gained throughout the years (although that helps) because I've been seeing P&Y caliber deer for as long as I can remember....I guess I'm just that good.