He killed seventeen deer, last year.....
08-23-2007, 07:35 PM
#51
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Virginia
Posts: 297
RE: He killed seventeen deer, last year.....
Here in ViginiaI know some guys that kill 20 to 30 in a season, certain places its legal and on the goverment base in blackstone they will tag all the does for you .So you don't even have to buy bonus tags. They give the meat away and eat alot of it, some of it goes to Hunters for the Hungry. I hope to get in the double digits this year myself.
08-23-2007, 07:36 PM
#52
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: RAYVILLE,LA.
Posts: 818
RE: He killed seventeen deer, last year.....
I can't imagine killing the number of deer per year some of you guys are talking about.We get 6 deer a year 3 of either sex.I will do good to see 30 different deer during the course of a season.I only get to hunt mostly weekends though.Some of the states must really be running over with deer to be able to kill that many deer year after year and not hurt the population.If we killed 50 deer as a group on our land it would seriously put a dent in the herd.
08-23-2007, 07:39 PM
#53
Nontypical Buck
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RE: He killed seventeen deer, last year.....
ORIGINAL: bigzombee69
I guess it is a pettin zoo in some of the areas I hunt, BUT... the homes I hunt around and there communities are in the millions of dollars. The house I harvest 90% of all the does is 26,000 square feet. That man is one of your congressman and he loves his yard. His wife spends in upwards of $55,000 dollars a yearon landscaping alone. THATS why I kill so many a year.
The whole community surrounds a state park that has never allowed hunting and On opening day of last year there where as many as 41 deer in his and his neighbors backyard just eating everything. The homeowner video taped does getting on there stomachs and crawling under the netting that was on her 1000 dollar bushes.
I dont give a damm what any one thinks, these deer are not tame or fenced in, there are just alot of them. If I wasnt hunting them with all my family and friends then the community would hire the state police snipers and swat team to reduce the heard.
I hunt those deer just like anywhere else, hunt the wind, pick the right tree, and pray.
I guess it is a pettin zoo in some of the areas I hunt, BUT... the homes I hunt around and there communities are in the millions of dollars. The house I harvest 90% of all the does is 26,000 square feet. That man is one of your congressman and he loves his yard. His wife spends in upwards of $55,000 dollars a yearon landscaping alone. THATS why I kill so many a year.
The whole community surrounds a state park that has never allowed hunting and On opening day of last year there where as many as 41 deer in his and his neighbors backyard just eating everything. The homeowner video taped does getting on there stomachs and crawling under the netting that was on her 1000 dollar bushes.
I dont give a damm what any one thinks, these deer are not tame or fenced in, there are just alot of them. If I wasnt hunting them with all my family and friends then the community would hire the state police snipers and swat team to reduce the heard.
I hunt those deer just like anywhere else, hunt the wind, pick the right tree, and pray.
Those that want to call them pets would hunt with you in a heartbeat if you invited them.
Do you smell that? Yeah, that smell. It's called jealousy!!!
08-23-2007, 07:41 PM
#54
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RE: He killed seventeen deer, last year.....
If I'm reading my Twra book correctly I'm only able to kill two bucks all year. I'm in unit B. If you kill two buck's during the first of archery season your deer hunting is pretty much over for the year unless you take a doe during two days of the muzzle loader hunt. Please let me know if you think I'm wrong on this.
08-23-2007, 07:51 PM
#55
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RE: He killed seventeen deer, last year.....
Yes. Deer has never been comparable in TN to what you have up north. BUT......In the last two years I'm seeing some of the most awsome bachlor herds I have ever saw. Things are changing for the better. Joe Shults from dream season is a friend of mine and lives abot 10 minutes from me. He made a comment on an episode of Dream season a few weeks ago that he hunts IL because he has bought a farm there and the buck's are much bigger than what he has at home and he also doesnt have any land leased here to hunt. I think he's spent so much time with the show in the last few years he actually isnt aware of how the buck sittuation has changed here. Shhhhh.......dont tell him.
08-23-2007, 08:48 PM
#56
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Mckenzie, TN
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RE: He killed seventeen deer, last year.....
ORIGINAL: smkymtndeerhuntr
If I'm reading my Twra book correctly I'm only able to kill two bucks all year. I'm in unit B. If you kill two buck's during the first of archery season your deer hunting is pretty much over for the year unless you take a doe during two days of the muzzle loader hunt. Please let me know if you think I'm wrong on this.
If I'm reading my Twra book correctly I'm only able to kill two bucks all year. I'm in unit B. If you kill two buck's during the first of archery season your deer hunting is pretty much over for the year unless you take a doe during two days of the muzzle loader hunt. Please let me know if you think I'm wrong on this.
08-23-2007, 10:56 PM
#59
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Possum Kingdom, SC
Posts: 545
RE: He killed seventeen deer, last year.....
The most deer I've taken in one season is 8 (last year), 4 bucks ands 4 does. We have a limit of 10 total of which 5 can be antlered in my game zone. In the coastal portion of SC, there is no limit on bucks on private land. Pretty liberal huh?
Average deer for me is; buck-185 lbs and 120 B&C net, and doe-135 lbs. Not huge by any standards, but I still enjoy being able to hunt one of the longest deer seasons in the country.
As far as only 'seeing' 17 deer in a season, I would hate to be ya'll. I see deer probably 80 percent of the time I go and that's probably 75 days a year.
Average deer for me is; buck-185 lbs and 120 B&C net, and doe-135 lbs. Not huge by any standards, but I still enjoy being able to hunt one of the longest deer seasons in the country.
As far as only 'seeing' 17 deer in a season, I would hate to be ya'll. I see deer probably 80 percent of the time I go and that's probably 75 days a year.
08-24-2007, 12:31 AM
#60
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Missouri
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RE: He killed seventeen deer, last year.....
I took 6 last year with my bow. Thats the most ive ever taken in one season. Im looking to get into the double digits this year as long as the need for meat is still around. I really dont know of anyone that has really whacked em in one season with a bow...
Im interested to see how many you can put on the ground this year Jeff, should be fun to watch the results
Im interested to see how many you can put on the ground this year Jeff, should be fun to watch the results