South central to Southeast is where the majority of the real Giants are taken. Don't get me wrong, there are lot of nice 160-180" bucks shot elsewhere, but the sheer number of bucks over 200" that I've seen taken in a 10 mile radius is just silly.
And, trust me, for every Giant that u see taken in magazines and videos there are 3 or 4 of the same caliber that get harvested and it's kept very quiet.
My farm is sandwiched b/t two owners who are very well known and have TV shows. Every mega buck they shoot gets tons of press. But I know a handful of guys that shoot 200" class bucks regularly (meaning one every 2-3 yrs), and if I didn't know them personally I'd have no clue.
Took a 216" off my old farm right before I sold it, and in the 6 yrs I owned it there were 3 bucks shot within a mile or so that were bigger.
Ive chased whitetails all over the US and Canada for 25 yrs, and I've never seen a region that compares.
The prices are starting to really go vertical though. Still, u can pick up a nice Tract that has decent income and hunts good for $3300-3500/acre.
One word of advice, If I had it to do all over again, I would have kept my previous farm. It was in a good area but not known for having celebrity landowners. My realtor and friend owned the 680 acres beside me and together we controlled around 2000acres.....half of it leased. We were the only ones who left corn and beans standing for the deer, and put in other plots of turnips and clover......that place rocked.
I sold b/c the timing was right to demand a premium and bought the place I have now. Let me just say that for a guy like me, it's impossible to keep up with Drury and the Lindsays. They have an unlimited budget and amount of time. And work 24/7 on every food plot known to man, and habitat improvement. It's crazy but their deer herd almost act like high fence deer.....their home range is very small. Anyway, I would choose a place that u can improve the hunting and ultimately you'll sell it for a lot more. Happy hunting.
