There is a 5x5 gene pool on Southwest Desert. Everyone is shooting or trying to shoot the 6x6's and NT's. This leaves the 5x5 gene pool to continue unhindered.
I think we will see much more of this here in Utah with the current limited entry system. After waiting 18 or 20 years for one of these limited entry permits, people are simply not going to take a 5x5.
Russ, did your guy get a nice bull or did he go empty handed? It takes some big ones to pass up bulls like this.
I'll waste my 9 points on a 5x5 cull archery hunt on the Southwest Desert unit. I think a bull like that might go 375 or better.
Cheers,
Pete