Deerslayer:
Heres something that I read in a magazine a while back,
The south Texas brush country is home to the finest white-tail deer herd in existence, bar none. Sure, the top-end bucks taken in the northern part of the U.S and Canada are huge, but when it comes to deciding which region yields the highest number of trophy-class bucks, one must look at the average size of bucks taken on an annual basis. Unquestionably, south Texas reigns as king, producing an extremely strong average, with more 160 class bucks in the annual harvest than anywhere on the North American continent.
True Texas has never produced a 200" typical. Why? Honestly I think its because alot of the big bucks in this area have the genetics to produce nontypical antlers. So finding a "clean" typical is very hard. Although a buck was taken a few weeks ago who is a typical 12 point and nets 218" as a nontypical. It looks like he has about 15" of nontypical tines, which when subtracted might make him a typical over the 200" mark.
This deer season is probably the best ever, the number of B&C qualify bucks is going to be awesome, and I cant wait until the dust is all clear and the final number is tallied. But I remember back in 97, when 24 bucks where taken that quailified for the B&C books. Between 1990-1999 there where 58 typical and 54 non-typical B&C qualifers taken. During this time, over 1,000 bucks where registered that scored 160" or more. And during the 97 year a 196" typical was killed in south Texas but "kept quite" for personal reason. I'm sure there where many more 160"+ bucks that were taken but not registered for one reason or another. And with out a doubt there are a ton of B&C class bucks that have been taken but not registered for one reason or another, which I'm sure is the case in every state.