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Sounds like a weird question.....but if you had your choice.....would you kill MORE or LESS deer?

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DUH, no but seriously, I am content right now, now I wish i could choose to shoot better quality deer...

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Well, I try to harvest around two or three does a year along with a buck. Right now Im at one buck and two does with one more tag to fill. I would probably kill more does to try to even out the buck doeratio if tags were cheaper.

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I wish I could Kill more does, and it's not from a lack of tags:eek:

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tough one. I rarely find myself at the end of the season saying either that I have too much meat or that I need more. I donate every other deer I shoot, so sometimes I feel compelled to shoot more. also, I live 2 hr away from where I hunt, so I don't really ever get my fill of it, especially for bowhunting.

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At the stage of hunting I am in right now, it's has nothing to do with the killing part of the hunt. I'm out there because I love it so much. If I had the want to kill more deer, I'd opt for more doe tags, or a doe tag. Now if the need to kill more does were present in my core areas I would do so.

So is it the want or the need that drives me/us? For me, I'm more inclined to be content hunting for a single buck in my home state. Now if the need arose and we could get two buck tags, sure I'd do so to continue the hunt but again, I think the want is different than the need.

What drives me to leave my home state then? Hmm, is it the want to kill more deer or the need to hunt more. HHmm, I suppose I travel on the possibility of the kill more so than the actual kill. Then again, I wonder what the hell I'm talking about. I just don't know. :D;)

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I wish in MN you could take more than 1 buck.

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There's another angle, here.....for you other guys out there taxed with doe mgmt.

;)

I've learned this season that I don't particularly like killing a lot of deer. Sadly....where I live.....I never see that changing, though (the need).

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I like it how it is here. 1 buck and you pay more if you want to hunt for the second buck. Predators take care of the does/keeping them in check and some bucks too. I feel like we have lower deer densities than many whitetail hunting areas but mother nature seems to keep the age structure here balanced as well as the buck to doe ratio. In suburban areas we could use extra doe tags. In the mountains nope.

I'd take quality over quantity any day.

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I think you're reading too much into this, guys.;)

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I would go with more. Most season's I end up with a buck tag waiting on the big one that never seems to show himself and I eat a tag. It woundnt bother me if I had more Does. One deer doesnt go far with a famliy of 4 big eater's,Well 3(the wife eat's like a bird):DShe's going to see that:D:D:D

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I would like to be able to kill more does. NOT because I just want to kill deer, but because I would LOVE to use those to feed the hungry. I would be far more willing to do that if I didn't have to pay for the processing of said deer. At 100 bucks a pop, that could get pretty expensive. Oh, the Missouri DOC will reimburse me like....$35 I believe...


And actually, I would really like to start up a ministry to do just that.

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I would like a Football coach:D

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I would like one deer on my land [8D]. As long as it's the one I want to shoot. Honestly if I only saw one single deer all season and it was the buck I was after I'd be happy. I don't need to see or shoot a lot of deer. I could care less about "seeing deer". I care about seeing "the deer". Picking up what I'm putting down?

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Man it's scary how much we agree on:D

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I concur with that philosophy, too. I don't give a rat's as about killing a bunch of deer. I do it because it needs doing. I learned a lot this season......but this is the main thing.

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I told you shooting a lot of deer was a lot of work.
I'm still goofy enough to enjoy it, but maybe only for another 3-5 years tops. I think being able to shoot a lot of does has taught me a lot about deer physiology.

I can really see me just focusing more and more on"style"than a filled freezer. But who knows, I may try and fill the freezer in that case too.

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More.

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That surprises me. I love just seeing deer. I could give a crap about seeing "the deer". It is nice and it is the end goal, but if/when it doesn't happen I don't really care.

I want to get about 1 deer per7-10 acres on our farms. Probably around 1/15 right now. I enjoy seeing deer year round too, not just during hunting season.

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I'm with ya rybo....and I think I know where you're heading. I'm right there with ya.;)

I may mix it up year to year in the future. One year with a compound.....one with the trad gear. Take it where it falls.

Who knows what next season holds?;)

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The same. I don't need any more and I don't need any less.

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More...but I want them to be in different areas. I love to travel and hunt new land.

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Good point, I'll have to start spreading out.

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I'm with Rob. The killing part has long since passed. I take does for meat (at will) and am perfectly happy with trying to out smart one buck.

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Now that I have a very easy way to get rid of the deer I kill, I'm having a blast shooting them this year. I plan on shooting somewhere around 10 to 15 this year.

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About the same i think. We get management tags here and there through out the years so it is nice to get some meat in the freezer when not getting the big guy!

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MORE DEER.........:D

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I feel the same way. I've killed enough deer (almost 30)that I don't "need" to kill every time I hit the woods. However, I must say, I LOVE watching them and how they act. You learn a lot about them this way, whichhelps towards possibly killing one. My main goal is still to take a MONSTER though, let's not get it twisted!;):D:D

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I would say more deer . i don't see them as often as a lot of you do . I have many a hunts with out seeing a single deer

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I see about 1 deer a year, so I guess I really only have one choice here.

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It's easy to say you don't care about "seeing" deer when you routinely see alot of deer. But I promise you, sitting out there for8 or 10 consecutive hunts without a deer sighting gets old real fast. I did that this year, and it was excruciating after about the 7th straight hunt without a sighting.

I'd rather see more deer, and kill less deer. Because I see so few deer during the season, I have this overwhelming urge to shoot anything that presents a shot because opportunities are so few and far between.

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I say about the same amount as this year. I've killed 2 with rifle (1buck, 1doe) and a small buck with my ML. After making jerky, hot links and chili those 3 should last us throughout the year. Also, since I quarter them then eventually bone them out, I get pretty sick of the whole processing thing.There is a late doe only season and by that time I will have forgotten about the perils of processing and could likely process one more. But, I think4 would be more than enough. If I end up with 4 and don't consume them then I'll give some away andcut it back to 3 next year. Only what I can use!!!

One note: I finally killed a nice buck this year so I think next year I will be more likely to hold off on smaller bucks and takemy does until I see a good quality buck. Up until now I would pretty much shoot anything. I wish more people in our area would kill more doe, it needs to be done. But, most hunt forracks only.

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I see plenty of deer and pass on any buck under 4.5 years old bow. Been doing it for years with bow. I can get doe tags.I am notso picky with rifle. Will drop it down to a 3.5 year old buck. That makes iteasier to eat a bow tagso I canstick with my goals bowhunting. To tell you the truth... the urge to kill came on strong late last year at the end of bow season. I stuck to my goals and passed onyounger bucks andate another bow tag. It bothered me.

This yearI've got 3doe tags. Figured that would keep the urge at bay. Killed two so far and a coyote. The urge is stronger then ever though.Once that last doe tag get used, I might just scrap big buck hunting and kill any buck. Not even sure if this guy is safe from me...

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Ah come on TIM! thought you were saving"booner" for me????:D

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I just "routinely" sat my 9th straight sit without seeing a single deer. That's in about 15 degree weather with 15-30 mph winds most of the sits. Walking about 3/4 of a mile in 14 inches of snow only to sit out there and have my nostril hair freeze. I understand how old it gets ;).

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I can kill 8 deer in MS.. I typically average 2 deer a year.....

If I can get one doe and one buck, I'm happy.... That's all my family will eat and I find no great thrill in killing anymore.

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I love seeing and hunting deer. I do not particularly like killing them, or anything for that matter. I kill one during bow season and that is enough, i could get a ton of antlerless tags if i wanted to. If we need more meat i get it during late muzzy.

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More.

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So far I have only killed six this season but I will likely tag a few more if I can get my butt in the woods, so more would be good. Between VA and NC I get 5 buck tags and unlimited doe tags(DMAP in VA). I usually get at least 2-3 deer processed into burger and sausage and keep 6 or 8 ham roasts. Between my house and my parents we will use most of the meat by next Oct. and then the cycle begins again. I donate 100's of pounds of meet to Hunters For The Hungry (some places will give you a charitable donation reciept for tax purposes) and I keep a lot of people(anyone who asks)at work fat with venison. I would say that I kill way more deer than I "need" but it definitely doesn't get wasted. Is there anybody else that likes the killing part? Don't get me wrong I am not a bloodthirsty caveman, I enjoy hunting all the time, kill or no kill,but I really enjoy a hunt that ends with a deer or two in my truckbed. There, I said it, I like killing deer.