The only deer in Texas are behind high fences, Dont be so dumb in your coments, WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF A BIG DEER SCORE WISE SLAYER? We all want to hear this answer

Canada is about due, dont ya think?

I would think Kansas, Illinois,Ohio,Kentucky, Wisconsin,Georgia(restocked with Wisconsin deer at turn of century), Missouri,Iowa,Nebraska,Alberta and Saskatchewan,Manitoba are all capable of producing both big bodied deer with trophy record book antlers.

txhighrack. ill have to reply to this later on when i get my grandpa's illinois pope and young book next time i see him. someone steered you in the wrong direction.

FYI i read in i think it was DEER magazine and i think the Mathews Magazine that Wisconsin is the #1 Pope and Young state. that means its not texas. many big bucks get shot by gun hunters as well that would by far make P&Y. ok im done preaching

Texas vs. Wisconsin Top 5 Non-Typical, Pope and Young

Texas Wisconsin
1. 214 4/8 231 5/8
2. 187 1/8 230 2/8
3. 178 210 3/8
4. 174 7/8 209 3/8
5. 170 7/8 205

Looks like Texas ain't even in the same ballpark. Problem is Iowa and Illinios both beat Wisconsin on average. Therefore probably your best overall region to hunt a trophy buck would have to be the four corners of Minn, Iowa, Wis, Ill.

Everybody needs to look at the thread, place to hunt record book bucks, doesnt say they have to be P@Y, just record book bucks period, all states have record book bucks, and yes some states have alot more no doubt

I guess my understanding is that they need to be at least Pope and Young caliber to be "record book bucks" (130 pts. minimum (correct me if I'm wrong) as Boone and Crockett needs a higher minimum score to qualify (170 pts?). Therefore by looking at the top Pope and Young scores (deer shot with a bow and arrow) you can get a pretty good idea of what kind of bucks are in what states.

Here are the top 5 typical Pope and Young for those two states:
Texas - Wisconsin

1. 172 - 186 5/8
2. 171 - 180 2/8
3. 163 1/8 - 177 1/8
4. 160 5/8 - 176 2/8
5. 158 6/8 - 175 5/8
In this example, Texas' top buck still wouldn't crack Wisconsin's top 5 (probably not top 10).
Once again though, Iowa and Illinois still top Wisconsin, with Minnesota close behind. Therefore again a top region would be somewhere in any of those states, or where those states come together, which coincidentally Pike Co. Ill, Dubuque Co. Iowa, and Buffalo Co. Wis, all famous for producing large bucks,are all in that area.

To find out this stuff all I did was Google "Pope and Young States".

why do you pick on texas just a thought, awesome state to hunt, yes they may not produce as many or as big of whitetails os WI ILL or Mich. put up the gun stats just curious on how they line up against texas

Not only is the racks bigger! but how many texas deer do you going over 300lb? It really is not that uncommon in the northen states and canada! texas does have some fine animals! but it just does not compair to wisconsin or ILL. or Kansas!