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Where I am located we are only allowed 1 deer per season. I have hunting deer 13 seasons and have got 4 bucks and 6 does. So to sum it up I am 10 for 13 (we are also required to apply each year to be able to shoot a doe, they do a computerized draw. My bucks were 2 spikes a 5point and 7point.

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Shaftnem, I know what youre talking about. I hunt in alabama as well and on our tract its so overpopulated that each person is supposed to harvest up to 36 doe per year to even out the population. So killing 100 plus deer over a 20 to 30 period is nothing.

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i have been bow hunting for three years now and i have harvested two deer per season. total 6. needless to say, I'M HOOKED.

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136 whitetails, 1 muley. 68 were bowkills and the rest were rifle or muzzy kills

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I also live in Bama and started hunting hard last Season that means getting out there and doing all the work my self and even with the high bag lemit I only killed 7 last year 4 doe's and 2 buck's and both of them needed to be takeing out. I have nothad to buyany meat for my family this year besides a T-bone ever now and then. Deer meat saves me alot of money and none of it go's to weast.

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I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. I SHOULD KNOW. SOMEONE MENTIONED THEY WRITE DOWN IN A NOTEBOOK THE DEER THEY HAVE KILLED, WEAPON, WHERE, WEATHER, DATE, AND OTHER FACTS. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA AND PROBABLY WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH TIME,SOUNDS A LOT LIKE YOUR SPREADSHEET IDEA.
I KILLED 11 LAST YEAR, ONLY 4 BUCKS WITH THE BIGGEST BEING A 7-POINTER WITH ABOUT A 17" SPREAD. I KNOW I KILLED 2 WITH MY BOW, 2 WITH MY MUZZLELOADER, 2 WITH MY .270, AND 5 WITH SHOTGUN. BUT AS FAR AS DETAILS I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD REMEMBER MORE, AND I DONT EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT ANYTHING PAST LAST SEASON I'LL FEEL OLD. A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
125-150 WITH SOME DESCENT BUCKS AND LOTS OF DOES,JUST ASK MY KIDS WE LOVE DEER SPAGHETTI.

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ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME TO TAKE NEWCOMERS HUNTING. I LOVE TAKING MY KIDS. SOME OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS THAT DON'T REALLY HAVE TIME I'LL TAKE THERE KIDS. BUT THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS I'VE BEEN TAKING SOME OLDERBUDDIES FROM WORK AND OTHER FRIENDS AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT TIME. SOMETIMES I TAKE FOR GRANTED HOW LUCKY I AMTHAT IHAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP IN A HUNTING FAMILY AND WE HAVE OUR OWN FARM AND PLENTY OF OTHER OPPURTUNITIES TO HUNT. I STARTED NOTICING A LOT OF MY FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS SHOWED SOME INTEREST WHEN I WAS CONSTANTLY OBSESSING OVER HUNTING SEASON AND USUALLY I WOULD JUST BE LIKE "OH, DO YOU HUNT?" AND IF THEY SAID "NO" I DIDN'T REALLY THINK MUCH ABOUT IT. BUT THEN I STARTED ASKING WHY NOT? YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO HUNT BUT NEVER GREW UP AROUND IT AND FEEL INTIMIDATED TO ASK SOMEONE TO GO. SO I MADE A POINT TO TRY TO TAKE SOMEONE NEW EVERY SEASON. NOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE I WON'T TAKE BUTIF IT IS SOMEONE I TRUST AND IFEEL IS SAFE AND OPEN TO LEARNING I'LL TAKE THEM IN A SECOND. LAST SEASON I TOOK A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE AND I GOT HIS FEET WET BY SHOOTING BEFORE THE SEASON AND THEN WE DID A LITTLE BLACK POWDER HUNTING WHERE HE HAD AN OPURTUNITY TO SEE SOME DEER AND EVEN MISSED A NICE LITTLE 6-POINTER. WHEN SHOTGUN SEASON CAME AROUND WE GOT TO GO AND ON HIS FIRST HUNT HE GOT A BIG DOE AND THE VERY NEXT WEEKEND HIS FIRST BUCK, A 5-POINTER. IT IS SAFE TO SAY HE IS HOOKED AND I HAVE A NEW HUNTING PARTNER. AND HE REMINDS OF THAT SPARK, THAT EXCITEMENT I HAD WHEN I FIRST STARTED HUNTING AND ITS A GOOD FEELING. SORRY IM' SO LONG WINDED I JUST HAVE TOO MUCH TIMEON MY HANDS I GUESS. ANYWAY, MORAL OF THE STORY: TAKE SOME TIME OUT OF YOURMONSTER CHASETO TAKE SOMEONE HUNTING AND TEACH THEM WELL.

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HEY THERE.

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i have the records on my other computer ., but im up ther e., and like dirt295%have been on public land., since i dont have my own ., and i have shot some nice bucks there too! just have to go deeper into the swampthen anybody else:D., gotta love it .,

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A lot more does than bucks, butI have shot 6 bucks in 10 years of hunting. My best being a 172" NT.After shooting a couple of bucks I began only shooting bucks that would go on the wall. For meat and QDM Iaverage 2-3 does per year. Shot my first doe with a pistol last year.Almost as proudof that deer as I was the 172" buck.I enjoy watching my little brother and younger cousins taking deer more than I like shooting them.One of my cousins shot his first deer ever last year while sitting with my dad. It ended up being a 184" 16 pt. NT that no one has ever seen. I was just as proud of him as I would have been if I shot it. It is good to see younger kids get into this great sport.I don't believe it is all about the number of deer we shoot or put on the wall, it is just about all the experiences and relationships that you build while pursuing wildlife. I have been just as content sitting in my stand 2 weeks before season watching a field full of deer as I am on the first day of bow season with a weapon in my hand. I just love being in the outdoors and enjoying everything that goes with it.