I am going to agree with nacho. Granted we will never be and Illinois or Iowa. But we can grow some very good dear here. With or liberal seasons antler restrictions and bag limits the deer just can't get any age on them on a consistent basis. I have a deer game camera picture on my phone right now of a box that is easily pushing 150"
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Stupid voice text on my phone lol I will fix all that mass when I get to a computer
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I travel to other states to hunt because I enjoy the new scenery,not for trophy's. To me it's getting out of town for a few days for vacation. Nacho,I have a question for you. You seem a lot interested in qdm and antler restrictions,so does that mean you are strictly a trophy hunter? I myself am not a trophy hunter and I don't think it's fair for those who are strictly horn hunters to impose their ideals on us who are not.Most private leases have their own rules that dictate what can be shot,and they do a good job enforcing them without making laws. Why are these strict qdm leases not consistantly producing record book bucks? Because this is Florida and it's just not going to happen.
Why are these strict qdm leases not consistantly producing record book bucks? Because this is Florida and it's just not going to happen.
Nope, Florida can't produce quality bucks....
https://public.myfwc.com/HGM/BuckRegistry/search.aspx
From back in 1980 before pretty much any regs regarding QDM...and PUBLIC LAND to boot!!
See Daryl Wetherington (my old man):
https://public.myfwc.com/HGM/BuckRegistry/searchResults.aspx
And there's 27 pages x 20 names per page ahead of him.....
Nope. Florida CAN'T produce trophy bucks. :toast
AND HE TOOK IT WITH A TRADITIONAL MUZZLELOADER I'm proud to say!!
Depending on were in fl you are can make a massive difference. I hunt river edges and i can say a 4-5-6-7 year old deer dont have record antlers.
Hell the 7 year old was small he was a 10 but not even close to 100 score.
So i have to agree its Florida. If you like more prof look at cattle. Florida is one of the oldest and biggest cattle states. Florida terrain created a subspecies of cattle called, Florida scrub cattle. The environment filtered out large shoulder, hips, and horns. So i say it does the same to deer.
