Lanny and his family have been hunting Maine and the surrounding states for a combined total of well over a 100 years.. I think he knows Maine pretty well..

He did not say there were no more big bucks in Maine, he basically said they were getting fewer and fewer..just like anywhere as habitat is lost and more pressure is put on the deer the avg weights and antler size will drop.. In states like maine it is amplified..when you clear cut a piece of ground it takes a long time to regenerate it was the same way when I lived in MI..It's not like here in the south where it takes only a few years..

Everything I can find and read puts the avg weight of mature bucks in Maine closer to 200#.

That being said bucks up to and exceeding 300# are still killed occasionally.
Looking at recent headlines I see more in the 250# range when folks talk about outsized bucks..

Heck even here in GA we used to see 250# and even 300# bucks killed but the avg now in probably closer to 160#

it's obvious you love your state and I am not trying to take anything away from that.. But the truth is the bucks just are not as big as they used to be.. The biggest buck ever killed in Maine was killed in the 1920s I believe.. The glory days may not be over but they are fading fast..