Move to bama. We have swamp chickens.
I aspire to one day be 100% wild game. We live on the river, and if I would just run trot lines we could probably do it.
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How many deer per year?
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I aspire to one day be 100% wild game. We live on the river, and if I would just run trot lines we could probably do it.
LAKY
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Oh, we eat some turkeys. I just don't kill enough to make up for all the chickens we eat.Move to bama. We have swamp chickens.
I aspire to one day be 100% wild game. We live on the river, and if I would just run trot lines we could probably do it.
Beat Bama! Geaux Tigers!
I average two a year. Last year I got four, and gave alot to my nephew who has 7 mouths to feed. I hunt Western NY and NW Pennsylvania. Two is enough, four is better because that means eight backstraps! I get steaks, cubed steaks, a couple roasts, the backstraps whole uncut. The roasts I slow cook with onion soup, or make corned beef and cabbage. The remainder I get cut into chunks and I grind it all up myself with some beef and pork fat and I make smoked PA deer bologna (con Yeager spices), and pepper sticks. Wife uses the burger in everything. Sometimes I cut the deer entirely up myself. Usually I take it to a terrific local cut shop, but it's expensive.
ThePennsylvanian
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Four is a good number for us. I got 4 in the freezer last year and am just now getting low on that meat. Our part of Tennessee allows 3 antlerless per day and 2 antlered (over 3" of antler) deer. The landowner for the newest and largest farm I hunt has said that if we took 3 does a day off it would not be enough, so I may end up making donations to Hunters for the Hungry (I'm keeping all of the hearts and tenderloins ). He is imposing a hard standard of 140" or better on bucks. I have not seen any that size yet. I am hoping to shoot 1 more doe this weekend and then cool it until mid-December when the rut winds down around here.
). He is imposing a hard standard of 140" or better on bucks. I have not seen any that size yet. I am hoping to shoot 1 more doe this weekend and then cool it until mid-December when the rut winds down around here.
DB4x4
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Four is a good number for us. I got 4 in the freezer last year and am just now getting low on that meat. Our part of Tennessee allows 3 antlerless per day and 2 antlered (over 3" of antler) deer. The landowner for the newest and largest farm I hunt has said that if we took 3 does a day off it would not be enough, so I may end up making donations to Hunters for the Hungry (I'm keeping all of the hearts and tenderloins
Three does PER DAY? PER DAY? Man, I think I need to move...
3 is my average and that is a good place for us. I started going elk hunting this year and plan on that being an annual venture, so hopefully success starts soon with that and I can be pickier about bucks. Hunting is our preferred meat source. I hunt whitetail in PA and NY.
I’m with the other middle Tennessee guys with the 3 does per day season. My goal is 10 per year (2 bucks and 8 does). We use basically every part of the deer. Our dogs eat bones and less desirable organs etc. Have arrowed 3 deer so far so right on schedule.
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My goal is 4 per year but wont stop if i hit it....call me greedy....lol.
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And I just got notification from TWRA (our state wildlife agency) that I got an extra buck tag for the CWD zone because I checked in 2 does and had them tested. I highly doubt I will fill all 3 buck tags. I am doubtful I'll fill 2, much less a third.
Arkansas state limit is 6, my zone is limited to 4. I average 3 off my property. I’m careful to manage my local herd, to the best of my ability. Anything off public is a bonus
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My goal is 3 big game animals each year. In Ohio we can only kill one buck and my county is a three deer overall limit. So I try at least to fill that quota and if I do some traveling usually that’s just gravy.
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2 or 3. I used to go through it more than I do now. I shot 2 last year and still have 10 pounds or so in the freezer. We don't buy any red meat but since having kid #2 we should own stock in chic fil a. My wife doesn't love deer meat. We use a lot of ground and the occassional backstrap for family dinners. She doesn't like all the braising meat, which I consider the good stuff. But you don't exactly whip up stew for one as a quick weeknight meal.
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Generally 5 or 6. Sometimes double digits. Missouri has unlimited archery doe tags. Give several to share the harvest. Friends take some and we eat 4 or 5.
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DB4x4
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And your population supports that type of harvest rate? Man, you guys must be drowning in deer. Do you eat all of them or give some away?
About 10 a year my count so far this year is seven deer I do donate to hunters for the hungry and the less fortunate, Virginia is unlimited deer a year in some areas but only three bucks are allowed, I use strictly archery equipment and out of the seven deer I've taken so far I donated 5 and kept 2 for personal use