You can improve the herd through various management techniques but it seems that some areas just on average produce bigger bucks. The Portland Landing/ Millers Ferry is one of those areas, Fitzpatrick, etc. I wonder why Portland Landing seems to harvest more "trophy" deer than say White Hall, Hayneville, or Lowndesboro. Is it genetics or just more intense management practices in a given area, or just better soil? All of the 4 areas are in the "blackbelt", but one seems to out perform the others on a regular basis.