There's alot of disscussion with the local hard core bow hunters about which state is top for P&Y boneheads. The majoriity say Illinois, but there are a handful that think either Kansas,Iowa, or Ohio. I think hands down that Illinois Is it because of all the leased land which is managed with food plots and antler restrictions. what do you guys think???

i think texas is the best :cool:

I know IL ranks pretty high. My guess is it is in the top 3. I can't remember the order of P&Y states. Maybe the P&Y website could help.

I couldn't find anything on PY but Boone and Crockett has a list of the top 10 states

TOP TEN WHITETAIL STATES
STATE # OF ENTRIES
1. IOWA 615
2. MINNESOTA 608
3. WISCONSIN 589
4. ILLINOIS 552
5. TEXAS 316
6. MISSOURI 285
7. KENTUCKY 279
8. KANSAS 255
9. OHIO 235
10. MICHIGAN 155


Darrel

For us Western Hunters, Idaho and Montana are both good options. The volume of bucks entered in the record books is not as great simply because folks think of these states as "Elk Country". The panhandle of Idaho, along interstate 95 fom Grangeville to the Canadian border is all Wheat country flanked by Douglas fir forests. The outfitters there are starting to offer more Whitetail hunts as they seem to displace more mule deer. If you can hunt Potlatch timer company land (open to public hunting) you can have a DIY hunt in the river canyons.

I thought Kansas would be higher than it is.

I couldn't find anything on PY but Boone and Crockett has a list of the top 10 states
Darrel

I read that info and it is an interesting read. There is alot more to those stats that is worth seeing.

CLICK HERE (http://www.boone-crockett.org/bgRecords/records_whitetail.asp?area=bgRecords) to read the whole article.

I could not find any "free" info from P&Y. It appears they offer a record book for purchase. CLICK HERE (https://www.pope-young.org/records.asp) to see the page. The link to the book is in the right hand menu bar at the top. $42.00 and shipping........

P&Y does show the World records.....CLICK HERE (https://www.pope-young.org/worldrecords.asp?id=RECORDS)

Here is the P&Y Record Typical Whitetail deer....CLICK HERE (https://www.pope-young.org/WorldRecords/T-WhitetailWR.asp?id=RECORDS)

Check out this article.

http://espn.go.com/outdoors/hunting/s/h_fea_IL_Pike_Co._bucks_Burkhead.html

It lists typical entries by state as follows....
WI
IL
IA
OH
MN

And non-typical entries as....
IL
WI
IA
KS
OH

IL does have some beauts...
I am glad to live here for this reason alone.
I have however seen some nice whitetail in Itaska Co.MN
just noone ever harvests them.
I would but I just can't laeve home for some strage reason,
I wonder.....

wisconsin has 13 of the top 50 counties for b&c typicals since 2000. you say big bucks everyone says Buffalo co. But Wisconsin has lots of great whitetail land all over it..

id have to say wisconsin and illinois are the top two states for p&y im not sure about b&c though

yeah iowa is terrible....for all you out-of-staters, let me save you some trouble, the deer here are puny....never never come here!:biggrin1:

ok, ill just stay in wisconsin

thank you. :biggrin1:

@#*!$!!! I was born in the wrong state. Vermont is the at the top of the list for the worst place to hunt in the U.S. I don't think they have entered a P&Y buck in the books in 20 years, so you don't even want to mention Boone & Crockett. When it does come down to big white-tails I think of Illinois, Ohio, Kansas, & Wisconsin. Don't forget those Canadian provinces to.

yeah iowa is terrible....for all you out-of-staters, let me save you some trouble, the deer here are puny....never never come here!:biggrin1:

took the words right out of my mouth.

There are no big bucks here in Illinois so STAY OUT OF ILLINOIS

illinois and Iowa......I'm comming for you.......:biggrin1:

illinois and Iowa......I'm comming for you.......:biggrin1:

but you have to use your pink bow

According to the stats in Brad Herndon's book "Mapping Trophy Bucks" the P&Y top 10 states list goes as follows:

1. Illinois
2. Iowa
3. Kansas
4. Wisconsin
5. Ohio
6. Indiana
7. Minnesota
8. Missouri
9. Nebraska
10.Kentucky

Wisconsin has more entries than any of the other states but the Wisconsin herd is monstrous in comparison to the other states, so, percentage of entries to herd size drops Wisconsin to 4. I'd list the top 10 counties in each of those states, but gotta keep some hot spots quiet. :tape:

Top 10 B&C States

1. Iowa
2. Illinois
3. Wisconsin
4. Kentucky
5. Ohio
6. Missouri
7. Kansas
8. Minnesota
9. Texas
10. Indiana

Iowa! It deffinately has the best odds at harvesting a P&Y buck, in my opinion.

go illinois .. we got 8 deer that would go p&y on the wall. and 1 at bob webers gettin done. i wish our buddy wouldnt have sold his farm in pike county though