atlasman like you to have a buck in " The Book" is simply an ego builder, I saw the Va. state record buck a few years ago and until then I had no real idea that a buck I killed in 74 came pretty darn close to being as big as him. The only way I would ever consider having a buck scored and entered in the books would be if I was pretty sure it was a new world record and the only reason I would do it then is for the money!

I have a feeling in the coming years we will see a lot of state records falling because of food plots and suplimental feeding in addition to some places that practice intense QDM. How ever I don' t think the world records will fall that often because most of the world record deer already come from areas that do not need suplimental feeding and the like because due to farming and good genes it will have no real effect on them.