ORIGINAL: ghemry

Careful Atlas, those little deer are great eating, but they can not feed a big crowd for dinner. You will need to shoot more little ones, or breakdown and wait for a big deer

The 13 pt I shot a few years ago we got 82lbs of meat from........a normal deer around here yields near 60lbs......the smaller ones you get somewhere near 40lbs.

It's not worth the wait

That's why I shot 2 of them

The 13 pt I shot a few years ago we got 82lbs of meat from........a normal deer around here yields near 60lbs......the smaller ones you get somewhere near 40lbs.

It's not worth the wait

in 2003 i was 13 and was the first year i bow hunted, although i saw some deer only two came into range. both where small BB's that i passed up. so it made me realize i had to put some time in on better stand placement. in 2004 i scouted very little hung stands in better spots and i shot my first achery buck and also the biggest buck i had ever shot which just got me hooked on bowhunting. last year "2005" i put in my fare share of hours scouting, hanging stands and preparing myself for the season. on opening day i could have shot 3 bucks, two where spikes and one was a small 4 pointer. i was not going to fill my buck tag on a small buck on opening day i had decide so i held out, later that morning i took a big doe a little after 10:30am. as the season went on i shot another large doe and then with a week left to the season i took a nice 7 pointer to end my year. so no while i may not shoot huge deer i don't want to fill my tag with a small young buck now next year i am looking for something bigger then that 7 pointer maybe something i can hang on the wall

ORIGINAL: ghemry

Its not worth it, hmmm

2 big deer 164lbs meat

2 little deer 80lbs meat

I know I am from MI and just a software developer(no math skills), but it looks like you get a little bit over twice as much if you shoot to big deer.

Shoot 4 little ones then whine there are no deer around to shoot anymore and blame the DEC or DNR.

ORIGINAL: MOTOWNHONKEY

Yea but look at all the sport in shooting all those E D B D ones.

ORIGINAL: killer243

in 2003 i was 13 and was the first year i bow hunted, although i saw some deer only two came into range. both where small BB's that i passed up. so it made me realize i had to put some time in onbetter stand placement.in 2004 i scouted very little hung stands in better spots and i shot myfirst acherybuckand also the biggest buck i had ever shot which just got me hooked on bowhunting. last year "2005" i put in my fare share of hours scouting, hanging stands and preparing myself for the season. on opening day i could have shot 3 bucks, two where spikes and one was a small 4 pointer. i was not going to fill my buck tag on a small buck on opening day i had decide soi held out, later that morning i took a big doe a little after 10:30am. as the season went on i shot another large doe and then with a week left to the season i took a nice 7 pointer to end my year. so no while i may not shoot huge deer i don't want to fill my tag with a small youngbucknow next year i amlooking for something bigger then that 7 pointer maybesomething i can hang onthe wall