Fuzzy you must be Mis-remembering the deer in GA. I hunted in Meriwether County, GA about an hour south of Atlanta. I have a 12 pt on my wall that makes most Yankee deer look like puppies
He weighed right at #240 field dressed. He scored 174 Dried not green.
Most of the deer in GA, AL, TN and many of the Southern States are related to the same Whitetail's up here. In the 30's, after the depression, deer were nearly extinct down south. Deer from up here in places like MN, MI, WI, and Canada were caught and relocated to many of the southern states to repopulate the small amount that were left. There are some truly big monsters down there. And, yes there are some not so big, but that holds true just about everywhere.
- GA Boy Deer