ORIGINAL: livbucks
That is all well and good, but TX hunters are a different breed than PA hunters. The TX hunter is more trophy oriented and easier to sell on complicated AR. Pa hunters would need to take night classes to comprehend it.
I've only read partway thorugh the link and I don't have the article yet but you are right about that one. Texans have been letting more of their deer grow up for years. Thier percentage of of 3.5+ bucks before they put in any ARwas far bigger than we have after AR. Letting deer mature is simply part of the deer hunting culture down there. TX alsohasonly slightly morehuntersthan Pa has but they are spread out over close to three times as much land