Deer Research Project Help

Hiker of the Woods · Feb 22, 2019

I was wondering if everyone could help me out with a deer research project of mine? Could you please list the top 3 Worst Counties and the State for deer that would be based off of antler size and potential genetics for antler size/score?

Some states have their own record books separate from the B&C and P&Y record books that people could look in and figure out what counties have never had a deer entry or very few. Wish I could afford to buy every individual state record book but that is not the case. I have gathered the best counties for deer in the U.S. based off the B&C, P&Y, and hunting articles so should be good there.

My goal is to analyze data from the best vs worst counties in the U.S. for deer antler size and figure out if there are any indicators that could help hunters scout and find areas that have potential for larger antlered bucks. Not sure if any indicators will be found from this study or if a hunter could use this information to know what part of a unit, mountain, valley, or whatever to hunt. This would only be one more tool for hunters to use and not guarantee large antlered bucks as many factors influence that.

Thank you for any help in figuring out the worst counties in the U.S. for deer antler size.

justr_86 · Feb 22, 2019

All of utah.

Homer · Feb 22, 2019

florida??

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Hiker of the Woods · Feb 22, 2019

>florida??
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Ya, I was thinking Florida was going to be at or close to the top for worst antler size/score.

Hiker of the Woods · Feb 22, 2019

>All of utah.
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I would like the top 3 counties and not entire states. This project is already going to take forever just with the top 3 best and worst counties across the country. I can't imagine doing entire states. Took me a good part of tonight just to do one county for the project.

idhikker · Feb 23, 2019

Idaho worst counties- Custer, Valley, and Idaho. The baolith effects on antler growth in Central Idaho are well documented.

littlebighorn · Feb 25, 2019

Utah,
According to the fifth edition of Utah big game records book, historically the counties with the highest number of record book deer entered are 1. Kane, 2. Garfield, 3. Morgan, and 4. Summit
But that has changed over the last 12 years, with 1. Salt Lake and Garfield tied, 2. Kane, 3. Cache and 4. Summit.

Can't say what the worse counties are.

Hiker of the Woods · Mar 1, 2019

Thanks for the info everyone.

Gator · Mar 4, 2019

Back in the early 2000 wasn't SJ in Utah one of the top units,For trophy Bucks.

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Cowkiller · Mar 4, 2019

Idhiker's info about Idaho is incorrect. For mule deer typical B&C entries Idaho county is sixth in the state with 16 entries, Custer County is 16th with 7 entries and Valley County is 21st with 6 entries. There are numerous counties in ID with fewer entries than 6.

For Nontypical entries Idaho County is 10th with 9 entries, Custer County is 20th with 5 entries and Valley County is 25th with 3 entries. Again many ID counties have fewer than three entries. I'm pretty sure some counties have 0 entries but I didn't check that.

Get Boone and Crockett's Trophy Search and you will be able to look this stuff up easily.