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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5635681" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Understand, I'm speculating here, but my guess is that one of those significant factors has been a lot less antler high grading by hunters, mainly due to simply less deer hunting there compared to most other areas of TN. The "less" deer hunting has been caused mainly by the rugged terrain, which likely has many pockets going virtually unhunted. These "pockets" of even less hunted spots then (more or less) become "refuges" for the 3 1/2 & older survivors.</p><p></p><p>I would also speculate the higher scoring bucks you've been killing were fully mature ones, and good examples of what bucks can do when the best "stock" isn't removed prematurely (like at ages 2 1/2 & 3 1/2).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5635681, member: 1409"] Understand, I'm speculating here, but my guess is that one of those significant factors has been a lot less antler high grading by hunters, mainly due to simply less deer hunting there compared to most other areas of TN. The "less" deer hunting has been caused mainly by the rugged terrain, which likely has many pockets going virtually unhunted. These "pockets" of even less hunted spots then (more or less) become "refuges" for the 3 1/2 & older survivors. I would also speculate the higher scoring bucks you've been killing were fully mature ones, and good examples of what bucks can do when the best "stock" isn't removed prematurely (like at ages 2 1/2 & 3 1/2). [/QUOTE]
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