Although several states offer better opportunities at trophy bucks than other states.....its not a gimme anywhere. A hunter still has to be in the right area and in the right place at the right time. The lower the hunting pressure, the better the odds. Even hunting a place such as Pike County.....with all the hunters and outfitters there, I doubt if the success ratio(# of hunters to trophy animals taken)of harvesting a trophy is any higher than most other midwest counties. You'll find that with higher game populations comes higher hunter populations. Thats why some of the most recognized animals have come from some of the most unrecognized areas.

Take the buck that Beatty killed in Ohio......if you look that county up in annual harvest kills.......its very low.