Let’s face it, the animal cave art from centuries and millenniums long past largely feature bigger critters, including those with crowns. The first joke was, “Haha. My fish bigger than your fish.” Or “Hehe. You shoot little buck.”
Big bucks are a driving force in the world of deer hunting. Not everyone pursues that element of whitetail hunting, but many do. Even those who don’t regularly harvest mature bucks, or even try to, admit they’d love to do so. Still, others remain in the closet.
America hasn’t always harbored massive animals, though. The 1800s and much of the 1900s witnessed a major decline in big-game herds nationwide, due to overharvest and resource mismanagement. In many states, it became a novelty to see a deer, let alone one with big antlers.…
