From today's American Hunter magazine.

I’m surprised PA isn’t at least on there somewhere. They have some dandy bucks since they started the statewide restriction.

The key words here, are typical and B&C. They’re leaving out all the non-typical and pope and young bucks.

Ohio has no restrictions.

I also know that there is a bunch of big deer that don't even get measured. That includes all states.

Skewed numbers.
I know of plenty b\c bucks from MN that have not been entered.

^ Also leaving out the ones in Missouri Nobody cares to enter in the Record books. all the locals.
The biggest deer ever still has come from the Ol Show me state!. Although it was a Pickup find.

The other thing to consider is this list is since they started keeping records. A list that only shows B & C entry's for the last ten years would be more useful to a hunter today looking for a place to hunt.

I think the numbers are way low. Even the ones that have been reported. The ky hunting guide list the entrys every year and in one year alone there were 28 typical. PLUS that was just the number that had been submitted to put in the guide.

That's the hunters fault. Not the people reporting the stats.

Pa sucks too many hunters not enough deer to go around, there are some dandies around. It takes a huge whitetail to make Boone and crooket.

i thought pa was getting nice bucks till i started seein the ones my buddies been bringin back from Ohio.

Those numbers are meaningless and I see this all the time. If it doesn't have a ratio of B&C bucks in relation to the overall harvest it really isn't a true picture. In that case Iowa is number one by far. Minnesota is way down the list, And the issue of bucks not being entered is another strike against Minnesota. PA is probably in the bottom ten not the top ten.

Hope folks believe that list. Wish ks was no.7 in every other Okla an texans eyes. But come Nov.....

Another flawed story with bogus numbers. In fact he says it has to do with land mass which is the exact opposite of what is true. If it's not a percentage of overall harvest it is meaningless.

Look at it this way. Let's say there is a state where 400,000 deer are harvested every year and 180 of them are B&C bucks. Then there is a state where 90,000 deer per year are harvested and 180 of them are B&C bucks. Which state is the better place to hunt for B&C bucks? All the other number don't really mean much compared to that one.

One other # to consider is # of Boone and Crockett harvest annually compared to total # of bucks harvested. As some states have rather large doe harvest but are more restrictive on buck tags.

These numbers are only from year 2000 to now. This article is heavily influenced from QDMA numbers and information. My home state residents of Illinois wised up years ago and by and large enter nothing anymore after seeing the state pimped out to greedy outfitters that leased up most of west central area. everybody else usually keeps things quiet. Private management for big bucks is as strong as ever but the QDMA organization doesn't have much of a following around here anymore.

Totally ridiculous compared with current conditions. Ohio is in the beginning of a deer crisis. Many serious issues need to be resolved. Overselling of tags, practically unlimited doe harvest, killing immature bucks, deer farms, underpriced non-resident licenses and tags, insufficient manpower in the field, poaching, night hunting, and trespassing.

Same reason women are bigger in those states:
Bergmann's Rule.

if i ever take another large buck , no way will i divulge from where. i made that mistake and am still paying for it. neighbor (owns less then 80 cares) gives out well over 20 bowhunting permissions per year. most stay put but i fight every year with trespassers.