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Does it ever get "Old" hunting where there are tons of deer?

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Old 05-24-2005 | 01:42 PM
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Default RE: Does it ever get "Old" hunting where there are tons of deer?

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I'll tell you if it gets "Old" when I find a spot with that many deer.
exactly... where i hunt in kentucky i generally see alot of deer. even if i don't get one. it's still extremely enjoyable to watch the fawns and yearling play around. but that's just me.
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Old 05-24-2005 | 02:16 PM
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Where I hunt it is strange to not see 20 or more deer every day. Sometimes many more than that. Last Fall I had eight Mule deer tags and filled them all. By the time I got the last one proccessed I was sort of tired of seeing deer. However I will be chomping at the bit come next season. When you see that many, it comes down to picking the biggest doe or waiting for the right Buck which I don't do because I am not a trophy hunter at all. I am in it for the meat and I always enjoy another day in the field.
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Old 05-24-2005 | 02:40 PM
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i agree with jimmy on wondering if it would get old. where i hunt if you see 3 deer in the season then you got lucky. very rarily do we see a lot of deer(i think alot of it is from poaching around there though). the first and only deer i saw last season ended up bein on our kitchen table.
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Old 05-24-2005 | 03:16 PM
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You gott to be kidding. Hearihg first then seeing 50 or 75 deer coming thru the thicket is exciting. Use to be that way 40 years ago. Now it is 3 to 5 a week
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Old 05-24-2005 | 04:07 PM
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I think it's all what you make it!

When I started hunting the deer were not nearly as plentiful as they are today, we often hunted deer at the same time as moose in the forest when I was younger and I recall the first year I saw more moose than deer (5 moose and 2 deer both ended up in the freezer in 4 days of hunting...lol). Now if you hunt a week for moose and see 2-5 you have a great spot, if you hunt a week in most places for deer seeing anything less than double digits a day is SLOW. However i can say I have more vigor for hunting now then when I was 12 - 15. I have just changed the way I look at hunting as whole, for me it is a 12 month a year sport. The real icing on the cake is friendships, nature, peace, personal conquests and just maybe a opportunity to notch a tag....hum funny how that part is exactly the same as when I was younger.

I will say the additional population has led to more opportunity to hunt longer season and slightly larger bag limits. It also does help when introducing others to the sport in some ways but I also fear that those who maybe just deer hunt now and do not have to endure aren't really putting the right emphasis on what hunting means "aka; The real icing on the cake is friendships, nature, peace, personal conquests and just maybe a opportunity to notch a tag"!

Guess time will tell but if it ever gets old to this dog...I's have a better golf game and probably a happier wife (ok she is great but still when you live and breath it even the great one can sometimes complain..even though she loves how I feel for this great sport)
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Old 05-24-2005 | 04:36 PM
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Default RE: Does it ever get "Old" hunting where there are tons of deer?

no it dont get old... the last few years in PA on public land has been hard.. seeing 2-10 deer a season.. so i would rather see a lot of deer than see than not see much at all... but its still better than working..
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Old 05-24-2005 | 04:37 PM
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I see anywhere from 5 to 25 whitetail deer per day hunting in Alberta and Saskatchewan.When hunting mule deer that number ranges from 20 to 50 per day.My challenge is not to kill a deer but to kill a large antlered mature buck.If the goal was simply to kill a legal deer the hunt would end the first morning.
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Old 05-24-2005 | 04:57 PM
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i wish i could tell you...... haha i wish i just got bored sittin there watching deer walk all over me.....O THE DAY!!!
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Old 05-25-2005 | 07:00 AM
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Here in Southern Michigan, deer are everywhere. I see 20-30 in the fields I hunt heading to work. It does make my work attendance spotty during hunting season. It never gets old seeing deer. Most of the reason I love to hunt so much, is just being out there in the woods and among the animals. Seeing 10 - 20 deer within 30 yards of your stand, not spooked, is extremely enjoyable. Whether I decide to harvest one of the animals or not, it makes the time in the stand a lot of fun and I always have a big smile on my face for the rest of the day.
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Old 05-25-2005 | 07:08 AM
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Some days hunting in Arkansas and Texas, I'll see 8-10 deer, some days none. It never gets old for me, even on the days where I don't see any. I love just watching animals on some days or just relaxing not being in the office, no phone, no wife, no kids, just me and nature.
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