How long before your first deer?
11-30-2002, 03:15 AM
#11
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Sandy Creek New York USA
Posts: 188
RE: How long before your first deer?
First deer third hunting season. I hunted out of treestands and got the buck within 1 hour of the last day of hunting season ( and i'd hate to tell you which side of the clock that hour was on).
11-30-2002, 05:33 AM
#12
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lafayette Indiana USA
Posts: 36
RE: How long before your first deer?
This is my first year. Took me 2 1/2 months. 120lb Doe
shoot em up man just loves to shoot em up!!!
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11-30-2002, 05:58 AM
#13
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Taunton MA USA
Posts: 220
RE: How long before your first deer?
Boy you guys sure know how to make a guy feel bad.<img src=icon_smile_dissapprove.gif border=0 align=middle> I've put in about 8 years now with no luck. I have missed a few shots, passed on some shots, and didn't always have a lot of time for scouting or hunting in my first 3 or 4 years. I've come a long way now though and feel my chances are better then ever. I'm seeing more deer and have a lot more confidence in my equiptment. Been spending a lot more time at the range and scouting as well.
My next question is where are you all hunting? Until last year I've been hunting shotgun only in MA with a 2 week season.
MassBowhunter
"Climb Higher, Look Lower, Fall Asleep Less"
My next question is where are you all hunting? Until last year I've been hunting shotgun only in MA with a 2 week season.
MassBowhunter
"Climb Higher, Look Lower, Fall Asleep Less"
11-30-2002, 07:42 AM
#15
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Altheimer Arkansas USA
Posts: 1
RE: How long before your first deer?
<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>I live in Arkansas and have been hunting since I was 2. I am now 15 and have gotten an 8-point as my first deer, and a 220 pound doe as my second.
11-30-2002, 08:25 AM
#16
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mid West Indiana, USA
Posts: 217
RE: How long before your first deer?
Started deer hunting in 1970, did not get my first deer until maybe 1976 or 1977. Course there was not as many hunters then and I honestly do not believe that there was as many deer. But have enjoyed hunting whitetails for 32 years and have not always killed a deer but have always enjoyed my time in the Lords handmade cathedral (woods) and almost always face my stands to the east if possable to watch the sunrise.
11-30-2002, 08:45 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Indiana
Posts: 1,068
RE: How long before your first deer?
Once you hunt the same area a few years in a row, you will find out the better places to hunt. Some spots are good in morning, some at night. Wind direction is a factor. Full moon or new moon. Sunny or overcast. All these things seem to affect the different spots I hunt.
Stick with it. Finding deer will become easier with practice. Good luck.
Stick with it. Finding deer will become easier with practice. Good luck.
11-30-2002, 10:09 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Oakland OR USA
Posts: 2,929
RE: How long before your first deer?
It tookme about 30 minutes into the hunt on my first time I could carry a rifle. I had been going with my dad for about six years before that and only got to learn how to hunt, not carry a gun. Here you must be twelve years old to carry a gun in deer season.
11-30-2002, 03:25 PM
#20
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Youngwood PA USA
Posts: 23
RE: How long before your first deer?
Well this will be my 4th year hunting and I have yet to get a deer but i want a buck before i shoot a doe, i could have easily had a doe every year since i started but that buck still has yet to come
Blake - Go get'em
Blake - Go get'em