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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5658086" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p><strong>Goes back to the soil & nutrition as being better than TN's.</strong></p><p><strong>It's apparently<em> SO GOOD</em> in Wisconsin, that this state can <em>HEALTHILY</em> support a very high deer density.</strong></p><p></p><p>So basic math, if you have a lot more deer per square mile, you can kill a lot more deer per square mile, therefore expect more to be high scoring (again, assuming good herd health). I also suspect there is less antler high grading in Wisconsin than in TN. IMO, TN is one of the worst states in the U.S. for hunters' antler high-grading, but still in the ballpark of other Southeastern states.</p><p></p><p>While I keep making antler high grading an issue, eliminating it (which isn't really possible) would not be some magic cure all. Wisconsin, Kentucky and Mid-Western states will continue to produce more high-scoring bucks (so long as they don't over-harvest their bucks, such as by dramatically increasing their gun buck hunting days).</p><p></p><p>It's just that in any one person's hunting area, personally making the decision <u>not to kill</u> off your best stock before it's aged to perfection, that is the one thing you can do that can make the most difference for you personally. Killing a top-end antlered 2 1/2-yr buck is like a farmer just mowing down his best field of corn mid-way thru it's growing cycle, say in July, getting no corn harvest from his best field.</p><p></p><p>The more of your hunting buddies you can get to do this along with you, the better the odds any young top-end buck you pass will live another year. For certain, if you yourself kill him, 100% chance that buck doesn't survive. My personal "rule of thumb" is I just expect half what I pass to survive another year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5658086, member: 1409"] [B]Goes back to the soil & nutrition as being better than TN's. It's apparently[I] SO GOOD[/I] in Wisconsin, that this state can [I]HEALTHILY[/I] support a very high deer density.[/B] So basic math, if you have a lot more deer per square mile, you can kill a lot more deer per square mile, therefore expect more to be high scoring (again, assuming good herd health). I also suspect there is less antler high grading in Wisconsin than in TN. IMO, TN is one of the worst states in the U.S. for hunters' antler high-grading, but still in the ballpark of other Southeastern states. While I keep making antler high grading an issue, eliminating it (which isn't really possible) would not be some magic cure all. Wisconsin, Kentucky and Mid-Western states will continue to produce more high-scoring bucks (so long as they don't over-harvest their bucks, such as by dramatically increasing their gun buck hunting days). It's just that in any one person's hunting area, personally making the decision [U]not to kill[/U] off your best stock before it's aged to perfection, that is the one thing you can do that can make the most difference for you personally. Killing a top-end antlered 2 1/2-yr buck is like a farmer just mowing down his best field of corn mid-way thru it's growing cycle, say in July, getting no corn harvest from his best field. The more of your hunting buddies you can get to do this along with you, the better the odds any young top-end buck you pass will live another year. For certain, if you yourself kill him, 100% chance that buck doesn't survive. My personal "rule of thumb" is I just expect half what I pass to survive another year. [/QUOTE]
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