How Did EverOne Do???

mysticguido · 02-23-2003, 03:45 PM

Well this 2002 - 2003 season was great for me.. It was my first time bow hunting and I got 3 nice does and a really nice main8 (7 now ...He broke one running off).. How did everyone else do??

Zone 10 NJ
3 does
1 Buck

midwestxpress · 02-23-2003, 05:58 PM

I had a nice year. Most of my hunting was done in zones 15 and 16.
2 buck, 1 doe fall bow
1 doe muzzloader .
2 doe winter bow

Steve F.in MD · 02-23-2003, 06:40 PM

I had a good season this year as well. Here is the result of one day' s hunt

Steve F.in MD · 02-23-2003, 06:42 PM

Oops! Forgot to upload the pic.

Duckmastor2 · 02-24-2003, 06:08 PM

Ok, i' m going to take some heat for this, but who else here besides me think Steve went a little over board if that truely is 1 days take? Maybe he has 10 -12 mouths to feed or donates to the needy, which is all good. But 4 in a day? One looks as if its the size of a large dog.

I had 4 come by the stand opening day of Shotgun in DE. When I shot the lead doe, the other 3 just stood there. I know I could have got at least 1 more, maybe all of them, just didnt feel right about it. The other guys in the club did give me hell for letting the others go though. Too each there own I guess.

I was just wondering what everyone else thought.

mysticguido · 02-25-2003, 07:55 AM

Well I have taken small ones before, But that was because it was older looking and I found out it was really a real small 2 1/2.. as far as 4 in a day, well in Jersey the zone I hunt Shot-gun & smokepole you can take 2 aday. Also the smaller the tender it is.... some times you have to take out small ones to get biger and better ones.

Steve F.in MD · 02-25-2003, 08:34 AM

Duckmastor 2,
I take no offense to your opinion. The bag limit in the region that I hunt is one buck and unlimited does. A second buck can be taken after two does are harvested. The purpose, obviously, is to reduce the number of deer. I do not set the bag limits, but I do try my hardest to follow the law. I can remember in the 70' s when I hunted hard all season just to see a few deer, and considered myself lucky to bag one. Now we are overrun with deer but can' t get access to private property to hunt. All deer that I take end up in the freezer. When mine is full I donate them to the state program. Some folks told me that they would not even bring the young deer out since it was so small. My feeling is that I shot it, I' ll drag it out, process it, and see that it is used.

cyclone · 02-25-2003, 09:01 AM

Duckie, I sense a bit -o- jealousy. I' d of got more than that.

It' s legal in MD, get over it.

ARO · 02-25-2003, 09:52 AM

congrats steve, thats a fine eight point!!!

i had a good year also.

region b
smokepole 8 pt
bow 4pt

region d
smokepole 6 pt
bow 4 pt
rifle 2 does

i will try to post a pix of the eight.

ARO

AJ52 · 02-25-2003, 11:10 AM

Nice Buck and 3 Doe is called QDM. The Buck/Doe ratio in MD and DE is skewed toward Does by far.

DNR in both states are begging hunters to take more Doe. I buy at least 3-4 Doe tags avery year. I don' t buy any beef,so nothing goes to waste in my freezer.

IMO as long as the game animal doesn' t go to waste and your state is begging you to harvest them - GO FOR IT!