Brucebruce, that's interesting stuff. What I got out of it was that Vt does have more deer but they are all young or small. That plays right into what I was saying, more deer. The fact that only small ones are being shot also proves the point that the old NE style of hunting is still going on and the state made the rules change to help that improve. NH made the same change in the northern part of the state and shortened the season this last year. It stands to reason that if there are more deer and better food and given the amount of posted land in VT, they in all likelihood have more of every class of buck than NH. I'm not sure about the laws in VT but in NH if the land is not posted you can hunt there WITHOUT land owner permission. So there could be more huntable land here making those deer accessible. That's the first time I've seen records for the deer taken in NH measured in inches. The record typical is a 165, non 180's. Sad to say that's not very big if you compare NH to other parts of the country. Granted I would dump a smaller buck in a heart beat, but these are records. they aren't broken every year. If VT was shooting nothing but little bucks and have been for years, where are there daddies? My guess is on that posted land or in the way back woods some where. People say that areas like northern VA and MD have nothing but small deer. I know for a fact that's not the case even though the bulk of the deer taken are young bucks. its the same everywhere poor management practices of been taking place. Look at Pa and what they did with their season, the same thing VT is doing and now NH. I talked to a guy in Ind. and he was saying they don't have big deer there lots of them but no big ones then Road Trips shows a couple barn burners being taken fair chase by the way. The point of all of this gibberish, just because there are lots of small deer doesn't mean there are no big deer. All that being said I would still bemore than glad to help you if you want to hunt NH. If we want big bucks we have got to let the little ones walk NH, VT anywhere. I really hope the attiudes of the hunters in NE change and make it a better place to find those big deer.
