Originally Posted by
bigcountry
Let me get this right, your trying to convince me that south tx with its arid dry land, just has produced great genetics on its own???? I mean, whats the guy going to say???? Hey everyone, I just imported all these monster deer and feed em tecomonte, please buy my seed!!!!!!!
Okie dokie, maybe you might be interested in investing your retirement with a guy named Madoff.
I saw an infomercial the other night where you can make your 20 year old car new with thier additive. Buy now and buy often.
Whatever makes you sleep thru the night, keep telling yourself that.
I tell you what book a moose hunt in upper Newfoundland and come back and try to sell that story.
Whatever you gotta tell yourself... You might want to do a little research on the subject, though... Maybe start at Boone and Crockett.
http://www.boone-crockett.org/bgreco...area=bgrecords
1830-1979
The 1,489 entries mapped from this early period comprise 27 percent of 5,439 total entries. Thirty-nine states and 663 counties appear, the top three states — Minnesota (315), Wisconsin (194), and Texas (157) — accounting for 45 percent of all entries during the period.
I'm just looking at the historical stuff, pre-79, so as to eliminate the impact of "breeder programs" (are those even eligible for B&C recognition?). There's a map there where you can see the concentrations of "record" class deer. South Texas has long been very well known for big deer, and it's not just since the inception of AI programs, and importation, etc.
Note that Texas authorized and began licensing "deer breeders" in 1985. Prior to that time, it was illegal to import deer from elsewhere.