Joe, I live in SE Missouri and used to live up in the North East portion of the state. We have hunted in Montgomery County for the past 15 years and around that area within about 3-4 counties are some of the biggest bucks in the state. Callaway County which borders Montgomery ranks in the top 10 as well as Pike Co. Missouri borders us on the NE corner also ranks high on the list.
With all those statistics in my area, I have only bagged 2 that were worthy of a wall mount in 26+ years of hunting there. Those monster bucks are there alright, cause I see em in the bed of other guy's pick ups every year, but mostly rifle hunters who just get lucky when a bruiser gets stupid during the rut. You don't see near that many monsters getting taken with a bow except for the ones who really know their stuff.