where most of us hunt thats more nice bucks than we will see in the next 5 seasons
I'm the same way myself, I'm friends with the guy that leases this ranch but it's way out of my price range. I think they have 75,000 out of the 300,000 plus acres on the ranch leased. I take photos there most years for fun and it helps the lease manager with herd management.
There are many bucks that I've seen and photographed that are 11-12 years old. I know this to be true because they have 1000's of photos of these deer and it's easy to identify many of them year after year. The country isn't very pretty to most folks, just cactus and mesquite but to me it has a rugged beauty.
I'll post some of this years photos in October but I'm not likely to get back down and photo the rut in Late December. Thats when the big deer really get to moving and fighting. I'm also going to try and shoot some video this year but I'm still learning so it will likely be poor quality! Later Folks.