crokit

BarnesX: allowing them to get a few years under them couldn't have hurt, either,

BarnesX.308

Exactly. And good habitat with low hunter density will do that. Sure, antler restrictions help, but they're not enough in the high hunter density areas. Out in the mid-west, they have a lot of land with much fewer hunters.

We hunt in the middle of nowhere in PA. There's lots of private land and huge tracks of state land with limited access. You won't see another hunter if you get off the highway just a little. There's always been slammers coming out of those areas. The guys just have to work their asses off for them. They're not hunting the edge of an alfalfa field. We're talking about 1000 acre swamps and overgrown clearcuts.

fishguts

Any reason you left Florida off that list?

bowmanaj

Any of those states. And parts of Indiana

Bowexpert

Northern Wisconsin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Redclub

Buffalo county Wi. registers more B-C and P-Y bucks than most States yep they do. Mostly private land and they let small ones grow up, now a 3 year old buck there will be huge,great gene's
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EndeavorShooter

LOL I have seen fawn tracks in florida I could cover with a quarter.

Schultzy

Iowa

deer shot

Iowa

virginiashadow

A "trophy" is defined by the eye of the beholder.