Slow Day... The Best Big Buck State
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Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Definatly Oklahoma... and not the state north of them.
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S.T.Fanatic
5 year old buck +
So does low hunter density and a low state to private land ratio
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Suburbhunter
5 year old buck +
Rhode Island, I hear its a sleeper state!!!
Tree Spud
5 year old buck +
The numbers don't lie boys, Wisconsin is the clear leader ...
No restrictions to out of state hunters or non-rez land owners like Iowa, cheap non-rez license tags at $165 (Illinois is $450), plenty of public land. If Wisconsin went to shotgun or muzzleloader only like other states, scary what what could be produced.
And by the way we have pickled eggs & northern pike, Hamm's beer & Point Bock beer, cheese, and bacon fat basted eggs to cure that hangover
Top B&C Whitetail Producing States Last 10 Years
Typicals:
Top P&Y Whitetail Producing States Last 10 Years
1. Wisconsin 12,246
2. Illinois 7,891
3. Iowa 5,025
4. Ohio 4,020
5. Kansas 3,534
6. Colorado 3,174
7. Indiana 3,045
8. Minnesota 3,005
9. Montana 2,658
10. Missouri 2,354
No restrictions to out of state hunters or non-rez land owners like Iowa, cheap non-rez license tags at $165 (Illinois is $450), plenty of public land. If Wisconsin went to shotgun or muzzleloader only like other states, scary what what could be produced.
And by the way we have pickled eggs & northern pike, Hamm's beer & Point Bock beer, cheese, and bacon fat basted eggs to cure that hangover
Top B&C Whitetail Producing States Last 10 Years
Typicals:
- Wisconsin: 1,770
- Illinois: 1,405
- Iowa: 1,291
- Minnesota: 1,168
- Kentucky: 1,009
- Ohio: 977
- Missouri: 851
- Kansas: 828
- Indiana: 739
- Texas: 731
- Wisconsin: 712
- Ohio: 457
- Kentucky: 418
- Indiana: 369
- Iowa: 354
- Illinois: 331
- Kansas: 322
- Missouri: 301
- Minnesota: 293
- Texas: 248
Top P&Y Whitetail Producing States Last 10 Years
1. Wisconsin 12,246
2. Illinois 7,891
3. Iowa 5,025
4. Ohio 4,020
5. Kansas 3,534
6. Colorado 3,174
7. Indiana 3,045
8. Minnesota 3,005
9. Montana 2,658
10. Missouri 2,354
Apple Junkie
5 year old buck +
I guess it depends on how you define a big buck… by weight, or by score antler score. By weight, it would be hard to beat some of the bruisers that come out of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and the Dakotas. By antler scores, the farm states of Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas. For me, the best big buck state is NY, because those are the deer that are in front of me! But if I had to pick one state I’d pay to hunt, I think it would be southern Ohio.
Bill
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I’d like to sit each one of these people down and explain why their glory is no excuse for being a big mouth.
You won’t find my name in any book.
It’d be interesting to see how this data has changed over time. For instance, what are the tallies for they last 5 years? Also, what percentage of overall harvest are those Booners? Booner per acre? Per acre of habitat? All interesting ways to treat the data.The numbers don't lie boys, Wisconsin is the clear leader ...
No restrictions to out of state hunters or non-rez land owners like Iowa, cheap non-rez license tags at $165 (Illinois is $450), plenty of public land. If Wisconsin went to shotgun or muzzleloader only like other states, scary what what could be produced.
And by the way we have pickled eggs & northern pike, Hamm's beer & Point Bock beer, cheese, and bacon fat basted eggs to cure that hangover
Top B&C Whitetail Producing States Last 10 Years
Typicals:
Non-Typicals:
- Wisconsin: 1,770
- Illinois: 1,405
- Iowa: 1,291
- Minnesota: 1,168
- Kentucky: 1,009
- Ohio: 977
- Missouri: 851
- Kansas: 828
- Indiana: 739
- Texas: 731
- Wisconsin: 712
- Ohio: 457
- Kentucky: 418
- Indiana: 369
- Iowa: 354
- Illinois: 331
- Kansas: 322
- Missouri: 301
- Minnesota: 293
- Texas: 248
Top P&Y Whitetail Producing States Last 10 Years
1. Wisconsin 12,246
2. Illinois 7,891
3. Iowa 5,025
4. Ohio 4,020
5. Kansas 3,534
6. Colorado 3,174
7. Indiana 3,045
8. Minnesota 3,005
9. Montana 2,658
10. Missouri 2,354
MS boasted a year or so ago that it had the highest percentage of harvested bucks that were 3.5 or older, or some such stat. I found it completely absurd, as the state has no means of quantifying such a thing.
Peplin Creek
5 year old buck +
I wouldn’t have expected wisconsin to top the Booner list. The p&y I could see.... seems like every year 125-140 inch bucks are the norm. Wisconsin probably also tops the list for most hunters too probably which makes a difference.
bwoods11
5 year old buck +
I’d like to sit each one of these people down and explain why their glory is no excuse for being a big mouth.
You won’t find my name in any book.
Missouri switched to Iowa seasons and it might be the best state period.
I don’t think you see many Missouri or Iowa locals register their bucks. I’ve seen garages full of 160s in Iowa not mounted or anything.
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Rules to live by;
I’d like to sit each one of these people down and explain why their glory is no excuse for being a big mouth.
You won’t find my name in any book.
No record books.
Don't post pics of the big ones.
Don't even score them. Word spreads quickly!
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Tree Spud
5 year old buck +
LOL!!!!!!!!!
You have no idea how many people & neighbors i know around me that live by those rules ... I do also
The minute you share, you are swarmed with night time shinners and every low life trying to step on you ...
ksgobbler
5 year old buck +
I know 3 200" deer that arent in any books.
Tree Spud
5 year old buck +
Good info but not relevant to your question ... you asked ... "which state is the Best Big Buck State and Why??"
Why is Iowa a state someone should pursue if they want a true opportunity as a big buck over IL, KS, OH, MN, & WI?
