ORIGINAL: ddear
Did you see any MT. Lions or bigfoot on your trail cams. We harvest 85% of our 2.5 + buck in Pa. so how did all those bucks survive on only 400 acres? DIdn't those guys shoot any buck last year?
ddear Those bucks survived by hunters having the will power to leave them walk. I will admit there is some luck involved that those bucks didnt walk by a hunter who was willing to shoot. The matching set my buddy found was a 6 point. There were 4 of us who had a shot at him and left him go. We took a 7 point with a 21 inch spread and had 2 misses and 7 mature doe. But the land surrounding are area made out ok. There was an 8 point that scored 120, 9 point mid 130's, 9 point 17 5/8 spread, and an 8 point 22 inch. I will admit its tuff seeing some of the big boys we helped grow get shot on neighboring properties. But at the same time you must think maybe these people next year will leave the little guys go.