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<blockquote data-quote="Retired Educator" data-source="post: 238849" data-attributes="member: 3373">How much has it changed? Genetics and food are 2 important parts of the puzzle. I have had ranchers tell me that their calf weight can vary from year to year, dependent on the quality of the grass. Would seem that it would affect deer as well. Weather determines the quality of the grass. Genetics? Age will allow a buck to grow bigger and bigger to a point but genetics are determined by both parents. How has it changed over the years. Started hunting mule deer back in the 60's, when you could get a tag every year and the tag was for a mule deer, sex didn't matter. Shoot whatever you wanted as long as it had big ears. Anything bigger than a fork horn was a trophy. Shot a 135 inch buck one year and people thought I had a big one.Occasionally you'd see a trophy but for our group its was rare.No solid answers but one thing is an absolute. G&amp;F is in charge of managing number of deer, not anyone's personal preference in defining quality. A lot of people just want to shoot a deer and size isn't all that important. I haven't filled my tag and if I don't I'm fine and I haven't seen 1 1880&quot; deer and that's also fine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retired Educator, post: 238849, member: 3373"] How much has it changed? Genetics and food are 2 important parts of the puzzle. I have had ranchers tell me that their calf weight can vary from year to year, dependent on the quality of the grass. Would seem that it would affect deer as well. Weather determines the quality of the grass. Genetics? Age will allow a buck to grow bigger and bigger to a point but genetics are determined by both parents. How has it changed over the years. Started hunting mule deer back in the 60's, when you could get a tag every year and the tag was for a mule deer, sex didn't matter. Shoot whatever you wanted as long as it had big ears. Anything bigger than a fork horn was a trophy. Shot a 135 inch buck one year and people thought I had a big one.Occasionally you'd see a trophy but for our group its was rare. No solid answers but one thing is an absolute. G&F is in charge of managing number of deer, not anyone's personal preference in defining quality. A lot of people just want to shoot a deer and size isn't all that important. I haven't filled my tag and if I don't I'm fine and I haven't seen 1 1880" deer and that's also fine. [/QUOTE]

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