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Rob/PA Bowyer 02-13-2003 01:11 PM

How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
A poll as requested by Commandr45 to see how many deer you' ve taken with a bow. Post a reply to your years experience and poll result.

Rob/PA Bowyer 02-13-2003 01:12 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
I' ve been bowhunting for 20 years and have taken roughly 20-30 deer.

skeeter 7MM 02-13-2003 01:44 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
This past fall was my 12th season with a bow. I have managed to arrow 10 deer.

Kanga 02-13-2003 01:48 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
Only taken 1 White tail.
But have bagged a lot of Fallow Deer back home.

Been bow hunting for 41yrs

basserman 02-13-2003 01:52 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
38 years of bowhunting I' ve harvested somewhere between 70 and 100. Didn' t keep track at first.

IL_BOW_MAN 02-13-2003 01:58 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
Last year was my 11th season and I have managed to take 12.

10 Whitetails
2 Muled Deer

cyclone 02-13-2003 02:14 PM

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20yrs..

50+ [:-]

Jerry/NJ 02-13-2003 02:50 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
WOW, this is a tough one! I would say close to 200. I would trade 25 of them for 1 elk :D

BIGAMENY 02-13-2003 02:56 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
5 years bowhuntin 7 deer 1 elk.

gulfcoasthunter 02-13-2003 03:27 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
3 years bow hunting and got 5 deer and probably 2 dozen hogs

jerry606 02-13-2003 03:31 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
i have been bowhunting for 7 seasons and taken 6 deer (3 buck and 3 doe)

trapperDave 02-13-2003 04:13 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
Let' s keep it REAL people!

mlj64 02-13-2003 05:14 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
Bowhunting 4 years, 7 whitetail and 5 mulies is the extent of my success.

wimp 02-13-2003 05:20 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
15 years 22 deer with a bow.

bear72 02-13-2003 05:24 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
I' ve taken 3 whitetail does

BOWFANATIC 02-13-2003 05:28 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
I' ve been bowhunting for over 20 years and the majority of them we were only allowed one deer (buck or doe) per season so I' m guessing between 20 and 30. There were years that ended with tag soup but there were also years within the last ten years that we could legally harvest a half dozen deer where the most I did was fill my freezer with three.

2 Lungs 02-13-2003 06:01 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
Have been able to take three bucks in five years of bowhunting. I sure hope that my success continues for many years to come, being two of them score P & Y.

hunt4hobbie 02-13-2003 06:17 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
In 12 years I have taken right a 60 deer with a bow and five of them were P&Y

Bow-4-It 02-13-2003 06:45 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
I' ve been bowhunting for almost 30 years and have taken between 15-20 whitetails. Don' t ask me how many I' ve missed [:@]

davidmil 02-13-2003 07:20 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
I need at least one more.:D When I get that one I' ll need at least one more.;)72

Big Country 02-13-2003 07:32 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
hunt4hobbie say`s.....


In 12 years I have taken right a 60 deer with a bow and five of them were P&Y
Well heck, I think half of `em are born with P&Y racks in Illinois!:D


In 30 years of bowhuntin`, 82 for me, including 3 P&Y. All three from Illinois.

Canuck_2 02-13-2003 07:40 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
8 (5 bucks, 3 does) in 7 seasons of bowhunting.

The Mouse 02-13-2003 07:56 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
Zero. I' ve elk hunted for three years but I have never really seriously deer hunted with a bow.

rangerstud620 02-13-2003 08:09 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
Been bowhunting 3 yrs., and have shot 1 deer.

PABeardBuster 02-13-2003 08:30 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
I' ve been bowhunting for 5 years and I' ve killed 5 deer. 4 does and 1 buck.

PBB

hc4runner 02-13-2003 08:44 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
19 whitetails in 11 years of bowhunting.

JoshKeller 02-13-2003 10:23 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
3 years of bowhunting, 5 bowkills. 2 bucks, 3 does, all mature. i think im off to a pretty good start. :D

baldknobber 02-13-2003 10:56 PM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
last season was my 2nd bowhunting and I took my 2nd deer last season. 2 for 2. My hat is off to some of the old timers who' ve taken that many deer.

jimmya 02-14-2003 01:47 AM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
been bowhunting 6 years and have taken 10 white tail and 1 turkey:D

hunt4hobbie 02-14-2003 01:51 AM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
Big Country, Youre right I think more than half are born with P&Y racks. I will see between 5 and 10 P&Y deer a year getting them in range is a different story. It helps alot when you get to hunt next to a game perserve that is 1800 acers that dosent get any hunting presure only trail walkers. The state took all that land for a bike trail.

SnoBall57 02-14-2003 04:34 AM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
I started bowhunting when I was 14 years old with a bear recurve. I hunted from the ground, and went three years without getting a deer. I then bought a pro-line compound bow, and the second season I hunted with it I hit a big doe, and she got away. I sold the bow and gave up bow hunting for 21 years til my wife decided it was time for me to expand my hunting opportunities, and bought me a golden eagle pro formula bow. In the five years that I' ve hunted with that bow I' ve probably passed on 30 rack buck, either because the shot wasn' t perfect or it wasn' t the buck that I wanted. And I' ve killed 3 doe. I' ve also started passing on doe. If the shot isn' t picture perfect, I don' t take it! The modern bow equipment is so advanced compared to 20 years ago that I' ve found a new love, and I' m not looking back!

reylamb 02-14-2003 06:52 AM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
I have been seriously bowhunting for 3 years now, prior to that I predominantly gun hunted, and have killed 8.

Stickemup 02-14-2003 07:12 AM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
I' ve been bowhunting for about ten years and have killed about twenty whitetails and one very large black bear. I have come very close on turkeys a few times, but haven' t managed to make it over that hurdle yet. It sure has been fun trying though. [8D]

GForce 02-14-2003 07:12 AM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
30 years with bow, 60-80 WT.

Jerry/NJ 02-14-2003 07:41 AM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
Trapperdave, who you referring to? If it was my post, yes I have killed that many oer 34 years of hunting! If not my post, I apologize.

Deer Magnet 02-14-2003 08:33 AM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
Bowhunting 5 years.
4 Buck
2 Doe

Tazman 02-14-2003 09:16 AM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
3 seasons with a bow, one kill. Got a new bow to replace the 20 year old Black Bear I got my first kill with. Man what a difference, I let a lot of deer walk with the old bow that I could have easily taken with my new bow. Man I am itching for next season.

comndr45 02-14-2003 09:57 AM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
It seems that there are a lot of us with under 15 deer. I am choosing to take that as growth in bowhunting rather than a lack of skills. Keep getting others involved.

billygoat 02-14-2003 10:51 AM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
2nd year. Still working on my first.

HuntingBry 02-14-2003 11:56 AM

RE: How many deer have you taken with a bow?
 
It took me a couple of seasons to get my first, but since then I have gotten at least 1 every season. I' m working on breaking into double digits.


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