Jeff, I think, actually, I know my area isn't the typical Pennsylvania hunting area. This year I saw probablly a dozen bucks that would make Pope&Young, and one buck that would make Boone&Crockett standards for a non-typical. There is a pretty good age structure around here. Don't get me wrong, I see alot of young bucks, but they all have big antlers. Most of the 1.5 year olds around here are 8 points. I VERY RARELY see a spike. I have maybe seen 4 in my area in the past 6 years of hunting. Heck, I rarely see anything under 6 points, and even 6 points aren't very common. This past summer, in one day, I saw 1 forkhorn, a 6 point with a 14 inch spread, four 8pt's with 14-16 inch spreads, a 10pt with a 18 inch spread, a huge 8pt with a 20" spread that rougly would go mid 130" and another 10 point that probablly had a 22" spread and would go in the upper 140" range. All of these deer were in one alfalfa field feeding. Hopefully I will get pics of them this summer when I get my food plot planted. From what I understand, the biggest 10 point and 8 point are still around, and the spike is the only one that got harvested.

This area is all farm country, but, these bucks are in the pieces of woods that everyone passes up. Heck, the biggest buck I saw this year was a 17 point non-typical that would have easily been going 180" and he was hanging in a TINY patch of brush about 10 feet away from a road.

Good Luck This Season: Buck Magnet
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