I have some data on the percentage of bucks of various ages being taken to this area’s largest Taxidermist the past couple of years that I can share with you. This is from a sample of over 400 bucks.
Age…………2006.…………….2007
1.5.………….5.4 %…………….0.7 %
2.5.…………38.8 %…………..44.6 %
3.5.…………34.2 %…………..37.2 %
4.5.…………14.6 %…………..12.2 %
5.5.………….4 6 %……………2.7 %
6.5.………….2.3 %……………2.0 %
7.5.………….0.0 %……………0.7 %
Based on that data it appears that the rack sizes of 1.5 buck decreased instead of increasing. Furthermore the percentage of 3.5-6.5 bucks decreased instead of increasing. The sad part is that only a fool would use the bucks brought in for mounting as representative of the general buck harvest.