So, How Many Deer Have You Taken in Your Lifetime?
#43
RE: So, How Many Deer Have You Taken in Your Lifetime?
I'm 24, didn't start deer hunting till I was 17. I have taken 8 deer. 2 bucks, one was a nice 8, the rest were does. All with shotgun. DOn't get to many tags here in Western NY. Usually, 1 buck and 1 doe. I wish the season was longer too. It only goes from mid Nov to mid Dec. Don't bow hunt, I do a lot of pheasant and turkey hunting in the fall.
Just curious does anyone know why some states have such a longer season than others? I can understand the bag limit differences but why the different season lengths?
Lets hear the real number DD??
Just curious does anyone know why some states have such a longer season than others? I can understand the bag limit differences but why the different season lengths?
Lets hear the real number DD??
#46
RE: So, How Many Deer Have You Taken in Your Lifetime?
I have been deer hunting and actually carrying a rifle since I was 16. I'm 32 which is 16 years and 1 year, I took 2 deer. I guess that makes 17, unless you count when I backed people up, which would probably be 5 or 6more. I would say a total of 22 or 23 with 8 of them being bucks and only 2 that were mountable, 120-135 range. I did harvest another bigger buck once, but his rack was so messed up from fighting that I didn't think that it was worth the money.
#48
Fork Horn
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RE: So, How Many Deer Have You Taken in Your Lifetime?
Been deer hunting in Michigan for about 43 years (take out 2 for military) probably 60-65 deer 30 of those with bow and rest with rifleor shotgun, none w/ muzzleloader usually have tags filled. Many years ago you could only take 1 deer per year and it had to be a buck (that's why antler quality was so poor for many years) first spike anybody saw- bang its down. Really only 2 mountable heads through that time. Have gone to the U.P. in previous years and shot 2 with bow and 2 with rifle in three or four days.
#49
RE: So, How Many Deer Have You Taken in Your Lifetime?
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I'm 24, didn't start deer hunting till I was 17. I have taken 8 deer. 2 bucks, one was a nice 8, the rest were does. All with shotgun. DOn't get to many tags here in Western NY. Usually, 1 buck and 1 doe. I wish the season was longer too. It only goes from mid Nov to mid Dec. Don't bow hunt, I do a lot of pheasant and turkey hunting in the fall.
Just curious does anyone know why some states have such a longer season than others? I can understand the bag limit differences but why the different season lengths?
Lets hear the real number DD??
I'm 24, didn't start deer hunting till I was 17. I have taken 8 deer. 2 bucks, one was a nice 8, the rest were does. All with shotgun. DOn't get to many tags here in Western NY. Usually, 1 buck and 1 doe. I wish the season was longer too. It only goes from mid Nov to mid Dec. Don't bow hunt, I do a lot of pheasant and turkey hunting in the fall.
Just curious does anyone know why some states have such a longer season than others? I can understand the bag limit differences but why the different season lengths?
Lets hear the real number DD??
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#50
RE: So, How Many Deer Have You Taken in Your Lifetime?
Here in ohio the Bag limits are low. I live in the north western part and you can only kill one a year for the most part, but this year they raised it to two, but in southern ohio you can get three. In my county I think their was only 500-600 deer killed all of last year with that said I started hunting when I was 9, my faimlynever hunted so it was walking in the dark for me and dad. shot my first deer when I was 18 and now am 29 and I think I have shot nine or ten, I know for sure I have five bucks just not sure four or five does.