Dana, hunting pressure on the island is probably the least of the factors preventing island bucks from sporting headbones like the blackies on the mainland. Wolves kicked the crap out of island deer herds in the 80's and 90's,as well prime oldgrowth winter range is very scarce. The productive practises of burning slashes is also no longer done and the slashes are not as productive. So poor groceries,poor winter range and a wolf population out of control drove down island deer numbers. Cougers too take their share. There are a bunch of Whitie sub-species so is it that much of a stretch to say those monster coastal range bt's could be a sub-species of Blacktail?