He's the reason I started keeping a journal, taking more pics, and trying to start keeping a running total.
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How many deer have you killed?
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Recurveaholic
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where in nc are you from? I grew up in Bath, NC! I live in Chocowinity now!
Great topic for a post @Nutterbuster. I'm always jealous of you more southern guys with generous bag limits. I'm old enough to remember when Michigan's limit was one antlered deer per year regardless of method. Now the limit is two antlered deer per year regardless of method. There are additional opportunities for antlerless and farm block permits but I believe I've only killed two antlerless deer in my life.
I agree though it might be interesting to include "saddle kills". Personally I have to admit I am still shut out on the saddle front. Hopefully looking to change that this upcoming season.
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40 years old
Started age 12
Every season since
WI
Good lord, I dont know how many. I just dont know I have killed much less since having kids.
I will add my goals have evolved. Early on it was kill everything. Then it was bucks. Then Mature bucks. Now it is more about new terrain, the challenges, and memories with family and friends. I enjoy seeing the journey in those I mentor.
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Started age 12
Every season since
WI
Good lord, I dont know how many. I just dont know I have killed much less since having kids.
I will add my goals have evolved. Early on it was kill everything. Then it was bucks. Then Mature bucks. Now it is more about new terrain, the challenges, and memories with family and friends. I enjoy seeing the journey in those I mentor.
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Cbinderjr
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No matter how many it's never enough!
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shwacker
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He’s inspirational. I listened to a down south podcast that had him on. I need to keep a couple journals, one for kills, another for every hunt with stand site, date, time, temp, wind, etc. I remember all my spots and in general of what I’ve seen there, but those other details can help you with clues about patterns that occur at certain stand locations. Got that idea from a podcast too, can’t remember who to give the credit to though
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Sipsey
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Age- 67
Started in 1962
Hunted about 57 years
0-5 a year, mostly rifle, shotgun a few with bow (recurve, compound, crossbow)
Most in Bama, a couple in Ark.
Started in 1962
Hunted about 57 years
0-5 a year, mostly rifle, shotgun a few with bow (recurve, compound, crossbow)
Most in Bama, a couple in Ark.
shwacker
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Up until this coming season, in FL you could kill 2 bucks a day with no season limit! How’s that for liberal! Problem is the woods are thick as hell and I believe it’s bout impossible to do, like the FWC was just joking with us, like “good luck, suckers”
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Lacky
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lots of big whitetail and elk in the northern half of Idaho. The whitetails have slowly been migrating south. I've seen I few in the Cascade/McCall areas we usually hunt. From about Riggins on up they are everywhere.
I concur heartily with this post. Its funny how our outlook changes as the years wear on. I find now my tags (representing opportunities to hunt) are more valuable to me than the deer I can put them on.
Lacky
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I should add the work involved is a factor where I hunt. If I felt inspired on a day and got miles back in rough country small bucks and does are very safe, probably even cow elk. 100 yards from the road it's more of a decision. If I'm going to kill myself getting it out I have to really want the animal. I like meat for meat, but not if I have to fight mountains and fallen trees for miles for it.
The bag limits down here are nice. In NC were allowed 2 bucks and 4 does per season. But I do miss hunting those big Indiana deer.
If I looked at it like that I would never hunt. The terrain here is tough in hill country. Especially for a solo hunter. I just don't drag full carcasses out anymore
shwacker
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One of my lifelong hunting buddies (one of the boys from my previous post) lives in Wilmington now and rubs the limits in to me but he still comes back north for a week or so every year to hunt with us and hopefully take home a "full size" deer as he calls it.
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How old you are: 27
When you started: 15
How many seasons: 12
Where you're from/where you generally hunt: Central Kansas
And how many deer you've kilt!: 24 I can think of now. 19 compound bow kills. 3 trad bow kills and 2 gun.
Totally addicted to deer hunting. Started out hunting off the ground. Transitioned to treestand then started mobile hunting with a treestand now transitioning to the saddle this year.
When you started: 15
How many seasons: 12
Where you're from/where you generally hunt: Central Kansas
And how many deer you've kilt!: 24 I can think of now. 19 compound bow kills. 3 trad bow kills and 2 gun.
Totally addicted to deer hunting. Started out hunting off the ground. Transitioned to treestand then started mobile hunting with a treestand now transitioning to the saddle this year.
Whip em' out boys!
How old you are
31
When you started
age 12 hunting been roaming the woods since I could walk
How many seasons
19 with minimal hunting first 2 years of college and first 2 years after. We'll call it 17 adjusted seasons.
Where you're from/where you generally hunt
From Western PA grew up hunting mixed woods/farms. Spent a couple years in urban DC area then several years in Pgh. Urban experience, no thanks. Now live and mostly hunt in Central PA. Rural hunting is way better. Vast majority public, some heavily hunted private. Never hunted cherry private land in my life. A few scattered out of state public hunts. More of that to come.
And how many deer you've kilt!
Coming up with 15 bucks I think I got them all. Approx 20 does. Bucks pretty even distribution of scrounges up to 5 pretty dang good ones for this part of the country. More rifle kills in my teens but mostly bow since. We are a one buck state, man how different my numbers would be if not.
How did I measure up, lol?
How old you are
31
When you started
age 12 hunting been roaming the woods since I could walk
How many seasons
19 with minimal hunting first 2 years of college and first 2 years after. We'll call it 17 adjusted seasons.
Where you're from/where you generally hunt
From Western PA grew up hunting mixed woods/farms. Spent a couple years in urban DC area then several years in Pgh. Urban experience, no thanks. Now live and mostly hunt in Central PA. Rural hunting is way better. Vast majority public, some heavily hunted private. Never hunted cherry private land in my life. A few scattered out of state public hunts. More of that to come.
And how many deer you've kilt!
Coming up with 15 bucks I think I got them all. Approx 20 does. Bucks pretty even distribution of scrounges up to 5 pretty dang good ones for this part of the country. More rifle kills in my teens but mostly bow since. We are a one buck state, man how different my numbers would be if not.
How did I measure up, lol?
Lacky
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I don't drag either, and I will pack a huge elk or buck out of anywhere (that's what I go into those areas hoping to find). But a purely meat animal, something I have shot lots of times before, I'll pass on often. The truth is I feel a little sad anytime I kill a deer or elk. I love hunting, but I'm ok passing on animals I don't really need or don't tick off a bucket list/aren't what I was dreaming about all year. Being miles in just makes me more likely to pass on those animals.
Btw Murph, one of the areas I like to hunt is climbing 3000 feet and 3 miles in just to get to the area you start really hunting. It becomes a factor no matter how dedicated you are to getting that doe.
I wasn't trying to call you out. I was just saying I know what it's like to hunt less than ideal terrain but instead of letting the terrain dictate what I kill or do I just find ways to make it happen.