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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 1968643" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>I moved from Pa to the Florida Keys where i lived full time for 10 years. The key deer are only found on Big Pine key which is below Marathon. The reason being there really isnt any source of fresh water other than what is produced by rain on the other islands in the Keys. Their numbers are very small in total, and their size resembles that of a decent size German Sheppard dog. So there is a major difference between them and the typical Florida Whitetail as for size. </p><p>Ive been hunting in the mountainous region of NC Pa every year for more than 70 years. By and large that region of the state was known to have smaller deer and smaller rack bucks than the other areas of the state having better quality food due to more farms. However, over the last 20 or so years that has changed considerably. Part of the answer is no doubt less hunting pressure due to less hunters staying for shorter periods of time, allowing the bucks to grow bigger. Ive never seen in my lifetime the type and number of big bucks as ive seen in recent years.</p><p>But by and large i see little difference between the size of the average deer here in Florida compared to those where our camp is located in NC PA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 1968643, member: 12443"] I moved from Pa to the Florida Keys where i lived full time for 10 years. The key deer are only found on Big Pine key which is below Marathon. The reason being there really isnt any source of fresh water other than what is produced by rain on the other islands in the Keys. Their numbers are very small in total, and their size resembles that of a decent size German Sheppard dog. So there is a major difference between them and the typical Florida Whitetail as for size. Ive been hunting in the mountainous region of NC Pa every year for more than 70 years. By and large that region of the state was known to have smaller deer and smaller rack bucks than the other areas of the state having better quality food due to more farms. However, over the last 20 or so years that has changed considerably. Part of the answer is no doubt less hunting pressure due to less hunters staying for shorter periods of time, allowing the bucks to grow bigger. Ive never seen in my lifetime the type and number of big bucks as ive seen in recent years. But by and large i see little difference between the size of the average deer here in Florida compared to those where our camp is located in NC PA. [/QUOTE]
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