I have hunted in central Lowndes, on the same property, my whole life and so have my father and uncles. This property is all hardwoods and nowhere near black belt quality soil. It is mainly sandy loam.

With that being said, the bucks that I have killed and/or seen game pics of will never touch the size and mass of those deer 25+ years ago. The area gained popularity in the late 70s and 80s when there actually were monsters being drug out from there. This lead to a spike of hunters in the region. In this time frame, this particular area of the state grew this almost mythical perception that the deer here were far superior than anywhere else. If you are paying more a lease or club, it must have bigger deer, right? This was the way of thinking (and still is in certain areas). The combination of that, plus the additions of new hunters in general and recently, 2 does a day have decimated the quality of bucks in that area.

That's just my 2 cents.