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2 or more deer in a year?

This past year I killed 9. Wile saying that I also take full advantage of owning my own business and being able to start my work day by 4am during season so I can be done before 2 every day!I hunted at least 4-5 days a week. So my sits to deer wasn’t that good but I let a lot of deer walk. This past year was my best year and I only took one buck. Rest were does. Freezer was full now I’m starting to run it down but only 3 months till it opens again!!
 
I’ve had seasons I didn’t take a one, and seasons I took as many as 5. I’m kinda all over the map!


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I’ve never lived in an area with liberal bag limits, but I’ve averaged 3.14 deer for the last 14 years


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I average 3 or 4 deer every year - that's about all we can eat - but last season did not shoot one. First time in about 40 years I didn't kill deer...Saw many does and small or average size bucks that I could have taken...Couldn't shoot my bow due to shoulder issues except a few weeks of the early season and just couldn't get my mind wrapped around using a crossbow even though I did go out with it several times and had good shot opportunities with it. My standards are so high on bucks when using the rifle that I rarely shoot one with that anymore...Should have killed some does but not being able to shoot my bow took a lot out of my desire to kill something...I did tag out on turkeys this spring with the crossbow - 2 gobblers - so have overcome that issue - and not killing a deer last season has me already hungry and motivated more for this fall than I have been in quite some time....
 
You know I have never thought about the fact that some may be able to kill more than one deer a year. In PA, it's one buck a year, but you can get 3 doe tags every year. You can also get unlimited special reg tags in wmu 2b, as well as 2 additional DMAP tags in each of the deer management zones! In WV it's a three buck a year limit and unlimited doe tags in certain areas. Plus if you live in "urban hunt zones", you can kill an additional 7 deer, harvesting a doe first, but allows for 2 of the seven to be bucks....
I honestly can't imagine only being legally able to kill one a year, 4 deer give my family all of the red meat we need until the next hunting season.
I've shot at least 3 for the past 5 seasons. This past year I began hunting in WV as well and harvested 2 bucks and a doe, and in pa a buck and 2 does. I made a deal with my wife a while back that I'd donate the first deer of the year every year, to hunters feeding the hungry. So I get to be in the woods quite a bit, God bless yall that legally can't shoot more than one....
 
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