RE: Anyone else seen bigger bucks in Pa?
It sure will be interesting. IMO because there are still some who don't comprehend the dynamic of herd reductions on the buck population. If you were under the impression that you were going to see more bucks (because you let some dinkers walk) then you are one of the ones who are in for a let down. Because additional deer are being taken out of the ranks, there are no longer the number of fawns being recruited INTO the herd. In our shrinking herd we will see less deer overall (yes less really means less) and less deer overall means that since boys and girls are born respectively 51%/49% you will not have as many young bucks back-filling as before. According to the plan, you should be seeing less deer overall, and less buck. But the fewer buck in theory may be 'older'. It is yet to be seen if that will translate into 'bigger'. We already know by three years of statistics that it means less.