Remember, as shown in my comments within your own post, I said fewer book bucks available. That is a long stretch from me saying there were fewer bucks available. Especially since, like I already said, those counties have had the highest buck harvests per square mile in the state for a long time.
But the highest buck harvest rates means fewer buck survive to become old enough to become record book buck.
Could it be that the decrease in record book buck in 2B is due to the effects of high grading ,just like in Miss.?