Czabs wrote:164" WI Public 2012
[glow=red]I think killing mega bucks comes naturally to some people[/glow]...I have to rely on lots of scouting, lots of hunting, lots of driving, and lots of my time to even find bucks over 150" ON PUBLIC LAND...
Location and stacking the odds in your favor help...like many have said...if they aren' there, you aint gonna kill em.
I don't know how that could quite be possible. But it seems so.
I was thinking about it the other day. I have a family member who has killed a bunch of 'trophy' deer for the areas we hunt. I have probably killed 2x the amount of mature bucks as he has, but it seems every time he does get a mature, it has a big rack. He doesn't do anything special with running cams or finding and hunting specific deer or anything like that. We basically hunt the same way, in the same areas…
Also, I met an older guy who lives in north central FL and owns 40acres. His land backs up to a giant preserve with 0 hunting. He has 5 bucks in last 10 years or so that gross over 150", one grosses in the 170"s. All from his little 40 acres in the middle of Florida, pretty crazy. Those bucks are registered in the record book so these are legit.