What is a trophy buck?...... In your hunting territory?
We see all the pictures, we hear all the talk, and we dream all the dreams of that B&C or P&Y buck, BUT, what is reality?
It may vary from state to state, region to region, even county to county!
To some, it may be a true whopper, to others a trophy could be a 4 pointer or even a nice doe!.... A trophy deer is truely in the eye of the beholder!

I read an article by a well respecteed deer bioligist, Dr. James Kroll. In it he said that the average buck in East Texas has an 11 inch spread, with 7 points. That really got me to thinking about what trophies REALLY are. This year, I have taken an 8 pointer, with a 14 inch spread, my second best buck ever!, My best ever in East Tex, was a heavy beamed 9 point, that would score about 115-120, BC!
Granted, there are a few 140-150 class bucks taken each year, and even a rare record book class buck taken in East Texas. (the East Texas region covers a larger area than many states!)

Depending on the area that you hunt, it could take as much or MORE hunting skill to take a 4 pointer or nice doe, than it would take in another region to take a trophy class buck!

So, what is a "trophy" buck for your area? I'm not talking "if you hunt every minute, of every season, for ten years!" I am asking, if you expect to harvest a buck each year or two, what can you REASONABLY expect to get?

As I said, a trophy is truely in the eyes, or literally in the scope of the beholder!