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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dirtytough" data-source="post: 238822" data-attributes="member: 4832">I finally filled my tag yesterday afternoon. Curious what type of quality everyone else is seeing? I believe the buck quality is way down in the badlands. Even last year I didn't see as many mature bucks as I have in the past. I scouted all day before the opener and hunted everyday except one. So 12 days counting the scouting day. I don't believe I saw more then a handful of mature bucks. I covered a ton of country on foot and with glass. I road hunted 1 day. 6 of those days other people where hunting with me so twice as many eyes to spot game.I was kind of comparing this hunt to one some family just did in Colorado. It takes about the same amount of points to draw the unit they hunted as it does to draw a badlands buck tag. They have never been in the unit or hunted Colorado before. They went 3 for 3 in 5 days and killed a 183 4/8's, 187 4/8's, and one that is probably 150-160 that didn't get measured. All on public. They are your normal weekend hunter that hunt blacktails in Washington. Now my wife and I both had muley buck tags. I have spent a good amount of time in the badlands and know the unit pretty well. I know where I can go to see 100 deer in a day. And I honestly don't know if I saw a legit 180" buck. Why such a difference in quality? I have my own thoughts and am curious what everyone else thinks.</blockquote>