It's called "management".

"It seems like the thrill is gone for these guys."

I get excited everytime I have whitetails in front of me. Granted, I don't see the multiple 140s as posted above, but if I see less than 10 deer per morning and evening hunt, it is a little slow. Might see two 120s in that time period. Every hunter on my lease gets excited, too, BTW, or we wouldn't PAY to hunt there!

"I'd either say there was A LOT of edited video tape or they were hunting some high fenced "ranch"."
Could be, there are high fence operations in Texas. Don't quite see how 10,000 plus acres could be called a "ranch". though. I'm lucky enough to lease on a ranch of 17,000 acres, more or less. The group I hunt with has about 5500 of it. My pasture is roughly 800 acres, and there are NO high fences on the entire ranch.

"Liw hunting pressure is another factor."

We are allowed to hunt Thursdays thru Sundays only. It is a working ranch, and other things are going on the rest of the time. The practice also allows the deer heard time to settle down, and not get spooky. They don't switch to seondary trails, and don't become nocturnal because there is a shooter behind every bush, like they do in some parts of the country.