Other than the racks being on average larger, and more distorted (noticed this with Missouri and Mississippi deer as well), they really aren't larger. The reason why our's might be smaller is that there is hardly a buck around here (Northern Ontario) that goes past the age of 3 or 4. Doe tags are almost impossible to get, so everyone eyes the bucks. The few that do make it to 5 or 6 years old are good looking brutes. Drove down to within a hour a Lansing, Michigan in early June. Now, Michigan deer....those are some small deer. We have dogs here that are bigger than the does down there. A fellow I talked to said that the the Michigan DNR estimated the white-tail herd at 153 per square mile. Needless to say, we did a lot of braking.