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Tn...A Trophy Destination State?
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 4234643" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Land Between the Lakes and fairchaser,</p><p></p><p>Thank you so much for interjecting some reality into the discussion about the trophy states. Not all of those trophy states is good deer hunting nor has that much trophy potential. In each state, top trophy potential is still a localized condition that exists primarily in pockets. KY is the same way. I grew up hunting there and got to hunt some of the trophy areas and some of the non-trophy areas. Those non-trophy areas 30 years ago are still non-trophy areas, and I have more potential to kill a top-end buck from some parts of TN than those non-trophy areas of KY.</p><p></p><p>However, that's not to say KY doesn't have advantages over TN; it certain does. KY has far more trophy area than TN has. In KY's trophy areas, the top-end potential score-wise is greater than in TN. On average, bucks from the better areas of KY average around 10 to 15 inches higher than same age bucks in most of TN. That doesn't sound like a lot but it is. It's the difference between much of TN where mature (4 1/2+) bucks average around 120-125 gross compared to mature bucks in the better parts of KY averaging around 135. There's a big difference visually between a 120 gross buck and a 135 gross buck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 4234643, member: 17"] Land Between the Lakes and fairchaser, Thank you so much for interjecting some reality into the discussion about the trophy states. Not all of those trophy states is good deer hunting nor has that much trophy potential. In each state, top trophy potential is still a localized condition that exists primarily in pockets. KY is the same way. I grew up hunting there and got to hunt some of the trophy areas and some of the non-trophy areas. Those non-trophy areas 30 years ago are still non-trophy areas, and I have more potential to kill a top-end buck from some parts of TN than those non-trophy areas of KY. However, that's not to say KY doesn't have advantages over TN; it certain does. KY has far more trophy area than TN has. In KY's trophy areas, the top-end potential score-wise is greater than in TN. On average, bucks from the better areas of KY average around 10 to 15 inches higher than same age bucks in most of TN. That doesn't sound like a lot but it is. It's the difference between much of TN where mature (4 1/2+) bucks average around 120-125 gross compared to mature bucks in the better parts of KY averaging around 135. There's a big difference visually between a 120 gross buck and a 135 gross buck. [/QUOTE]
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