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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5657406" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>That's kind of what has me confused. My experience with deer hunting is largely Ohio and the midwest. I've only been here for 8yrs. A 110" 2 year old is uncommon up there and 120s are virtual unicorns. Although those deer are non existent around this part of TN, it seems they exist to some extent in other parts of TN that this conversation is even possible. </p><p></p><p>My hiccup is that in the midwest a deer like that continues to grow into world class racks, but in TN it appears that doesn't happen. The logical part of my brain tells me that if soil nutrition was the limiting factor then the 2 and 3 year old TN bucks wouldn't be on par with the midwest bucks. They'd be smaller at every age class. But that doesn't seem to be the case. It is seeming like high end young bucks are notably more frequent here than up there, but then it flip flops at maturity. That's where I'm getting confused and considering non biological/environmental causes. Don't get me wrong. I'm not arguing. I'm only trying to understand exactly what's going on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5657406, member: 20583"] That's kind of what has me confused. My experience with deer hunting is largely Ohio and the midwest. I've only been here for 8yrs. A 110" 2 year old is uncommon up there and 120s are virtual unicorns. Although those deer are non existent around this part of TN, it seems they exist to some extent in other parts of TN that this conversation is even possible. My hiccup is that in the midwest a deer like that continues to grow into world class racks, but in TN it appears that doesn't happen. The logical part of my brain tells me that if soil nutrition was the limiting factor then the 2 and 3 year old TN bucks wouldn't be on par with the midwest bucks. They'd be smaller at every age class. But that doesn't seem to be the case. It is seeming like high end young bucks are notably more frequent here than up there, but then it flip flops at maturity. That's where I'm getting confused and considering non biological/environmental causes. Don't get me wrong. I'm not arguing. I'm only trying to understand exactly what's going on. [/QUOTE]
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