Most deer harvested in one day?

[Plebe]

The most I’ve ever passed up in a day is well over a hundred. Good times too.

 

[Camelcluch]

I shot a buck and doe the first year I hunted Kansas. I don’t really count it as a big accomplishment. I was on some nice private my buddy invited me too. I shot the buck c from the tree and then the doe a bit later as I was going to recover the buck.

 

[philsanchez76]

Ive done it twice during archery season. Opening day arrowed a doe in the morning and buck in the evening. Then last week of archery this year got 2 within 2 hours on an evening hunt. That drag out on the sled was brutal. may not be doing that again.

 

[Weldabeast]

I know of at least 2 members on here killing 2 birds with 1 stone...

 

[hokiehunter373]

I've killed 2 a few times. 4 in 2021. Each occurrence is just continuing the hunt after shooting the first. I'll recount my favorite two:

2021 I was having a brutal season. Getting my butt kicked and feeling guilty missing a bunch of time from my 4 and 1 year old. My wife had told me if I was going to keep going I needed to get back to having fun just being out, enjoying my time, and letting it be the destresser it used to be; not coming home grumpier than when I left lol. So I went out trying to do just that, set up an easier spot just telling myself I'd enjoy all the things I used to enjoy and be ok with just a doe or nothing at all. Hunting a piece of public that's also part of a managed hunt where deer come off a private bean field, up a ridge, cross a road, and then congregate not far off a road on this public piece. Great little bedding spot that's overlooked. Sun came up and only 10 mins had passed when I heard that wonderful sound of leaves crunching. A whole bunch of does were crossing the road but one was way out in front. She walked right by me at 10 yards and I let one loose. She ran off the direction she was heading and none of the others knew what happened. They just kept grazing towards me. A few minutes passed and two more were coming right at me. The biggest decided she was going to walk right to my tree so I shot her at just a few steps and dropped her in her tracks. The other one bounded off but I guess was puzzled (and real dumb) and didn't know what had happened. Unfortunately for her, she came back to investigate and tried to swing around down wind. Shot her at 15 yards. She ran about 50 and died. I had never shot 3 before and only had 1 arrow left in the quiver and we were only an hour past first light. Couldn't believe how the hunt was going and was texting my wife to update the kids everything finally paid off when another one came in broadside at 17. Shot her and she ran and died right near the one that ran 50. Had to get down and get an arrow to renock in case a buck came in but I didn't sit much longer knowing I had plenty of work ahead. The first one I shot required some tracking but the other 3 were all dead within sight. Quartered that first one and used the cart for the other 3. Longggg day with a lot of work but it was what I needed and also made me buck eligible times 4 on that property and I was invited back to the hunt the next year lol





My very next sit I was gun hunting a different piece of public. A doe came through around 7:30 and I dropped her. About an hour later one of the most gorgeous deer I've seen while sitting on stand came following her trail.

 

[Gator]

I've shot two multiple times but no way I'd do more just because of the work involved. Last double was with the bow. Had a buck chasing behind me for a while and I had tried everything to get him in range (can call, buck grunts, snort wheeze, etc). Things finally went quiet for a little bit so I rattled and he came to me on a string (I was barely able to get the antlers put away and get bow before he was at 5 yards). Shot him and about 5 minutes later the doe came by (assuming the one he had been pushing around) so I took her out as well. Of course, they ran in completely different directions making the drag out way worse (see previous comment about it being too much work).

 

[1simplemann]

I've tripled several times. 3 bucks in one sit w/the bow once, two bucks one morning and a doe in the evening also w/ the bow, and twice with the shotgun on "brown it's down" antlerless days. I've probably doubled 6 or 8 times. With the gun and the bow. Killed 4 in 24 hours once. 2 in the evening and 2 the following morning. All w/ the bow.

 

[NATHAN]

About 5 years ago, I shot a doe quartering away. perfect arrow full length of 1 lung, top of the heart. She went 20 yards, hid in some honeysuckle for 1 minute and fell over. 10 minutes later, a bigger doe walked the exact path. took nearly the same shot, she ran 70 yards and piled up out in the open bean field. A few minutes later, little sister came looking for them. She took a broadside shot but required a couple hours of tracking.
I don't hunt that way anymore, but it sure was fun. Now, my intention is to shoot a doe only after a mature buck is down. The only way that is likely is if I know the buck is dead and there's time (daylight). To me, it's not worth disrupting the area just for a doe. But once you have to go retrieve your buck, you may as well get another if you can.

 

[bowhunthard88]

I've harvested two does back-to-back multiple times, all legally! Usually with the bow, but with the muzzleloader as well. If you shoot the matriarch, the others may either give you an immediate opportunity or return very shortly! I have found most of the opportunities in this vein are usually late season for me, although I have done this in September and October as well. I've never harvested a buck and a doe back-to-back. I'm referencing back-to-back harvests, and not morning and evening harvests. Here's a few instances that I could find photo documentation on lol...

 

[Bowonly]

We're lucky to have unlimited doe tags in most of the counties I hunt. I've doubled many times and shot 3 once but as long as I live, I'm sure I'll never shoot 5 in one sit again. That was a combination of hunting a thick spot that was eat up with deer plus me being young and mad at them. I spent the whole next day breaking them down. It wiped me out.

I'm a little more selective now and well aware of the consequences of putting multiple deer on the ground!

 

[Deltahuntr]

Once on a farm in the Texas panhandle the landowner had MLDP tags to fill and asked me to shoot some does. That evening I sat a box stand and shot the first seven does that came out the brush. I could have shot more but there was no way I was about to clean more deer.

 

[woodsdog2]

I’ve shot a buck and a doe, two does, a buck and two does, but mostly two does at a time over the years when I’ve had the required number of permits.

 

[1simplemann]

We're lucky to have unlimited doe tags in most of the counties I hunt. I've doubled many times and shot 3 once but as long as I live, I'm sure I'll never shoot 5 in one sit again. That was a combination of hunting a thick spot that was eat up with deer plus me being young and mad at them. I spent the whole next day breaking them down. It wiped me out.

I'm a little more selective now and well aware of the consequences of putting multiple deer on the ground!

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Now that's "Whack'n em' & Stack'n em'" ! And some people say bowhunters aren't lethal. LOL

 

[arrow30]

did a double once.

 

[SD Guy]

Had a double doe archery tag one season. Had what I thought was a good pice of public, only access to the sweet spot was by water. Set a stand & returned the following week with a favorable wind with a canoe. Early in the sit I tried rattling. In short order I was hearing a lot of deer up wind of me moving my way. 20 minutes later a sentury doe circles down wind of me. Thought sure I am busted. Not long & she is blowing & wanders off.

Short while later here she comes right to my stand. She is on pins & needles & cautiously walks right below me. Tried to shoot just to the right of the spine nearly straight down. I am shooting a expandable. One blade deploys out far enough to catch the spine. Penetration is minimal though I had enough inertia to break the spine & she is down right below me requiring a finishing shot. one more arrow & she is done right below me.

Was not long & another large doe starts working over, out of curiosity. When she stoped in a small shooting lane at 25 yards the pin was settled & sent. She ran roughly 40 yards b4 piling up. 2 deer was as many deer as Id care to put in my 17 ft canoe. Packing the deer out was quite easy with the canoe. Still had one any deer left for this unit, though it was warm & I had enough work ahead of me.

 

[Jammintree]

I’m doing great if I get more than one in a season, never mind multiple deer the same day.

 

[elk yinzer]

I've killed a lot of deer, I guess, never doubled. Never really tried I guess when I get one down that's the days project at that point. That seems like too much work where I kill most of mine. Not that I wouldn't capitalize on a chance, just not something I seek to do.

Interesting threads like this and the "100 Club" how culturally different hunting is regionally and even different localities.

Growing up in PA, shortly before I was born, you could kill only one deer a year, legally. Crazy how many wives and sisters hunted then but that's another story and still happens today.

Anyway not many 100 clubbers in that era, but that changed sometime in my childhood and you could shoot a buck and a doe each year. "Bonus" doe tags came about then I wanna say late 90's. The oldtimers thought that was insane. Now it varies by unit but some rural units still logistically have a 1 doe tag limit. Others mostly urban areas are now very liberal with tags.

Growing up the hunting culture in PA I was exposed to was "did you get your buck?" It was like an annual manhood box to check. There weren't many big ones at all pre AR, so that wasn't so much emphasized. Mostly spikes and forks, but just to get your buck so you could verify your manhood. An 8 point, any 8 point, put a little extra oomph on your accomplishment.

Then in 2003 we got AR and the whole culture started shifting to more guys focusing on big bucks. There's still a mix of box checking and some on big bucks, and guys whack a doe or three for meat. Then the guys that just walk the rifle a couple hours a year. I still don't know of many guys that empasize body counts other than the internet. Seems to be more a Southern thing plus urban archery.

 

[elk yinzer]

Parts of me really miss the "did you get your buck" era.

There was a lot more small game and fall turkey hunting. Both of those are basically gone, aside from the clusterfest that is stocked pheasants. That stuff was really fun.

Everything was more relaxed and cooperative. People were less territorial, less competitive, when guys were just out to whack a yearling. There was much less social posturing about it. You just hunted to hunt, weren't as many guys making it so much of their identity.

I like the big buck chase too. It's addicting. It's a journey. But it's so much more time consuming, frustrating, and at time quite lonely.

 

[BTaylor]

I've killed a lot of deer, I guess, never doubled. Never really tried I guess when I get one down that's the days project at that point. That seems like too much work where I kill most of mine. Not that I wouldn't capitalize on a chance, just not something I seek to do.

Interesting threads like this and the "100 Club" how culturally different hunting is regionally and even different localities.

Growing up in PA, shortly before I was born, you could kill only one deer a year, legally. Crazy how many wives and sisters hunted then but that's another story and still happens today.

Anyway not many 100 clubbers in that era, but that changed sometime in my childhood and you could shoot a buck and a doe each year. "Bonus" doe tags came about then I wanna say late 90's. The oldtimers thought that was insane. Now it varies by unit but some rural units still logistically have a 1 doe tag limit. Others mostly urban areas are now very liberal with tags.

Growing up the hunting culture in PA I was exposed to was "did you get your buck?" It was like an annual manhood box to check. There weren't many big ones at all pre AR, so that wasn't so much emphasized. Mostly spikes and forks, but just to get your buck so you could verify your manhood. An 8 point, any 8 point, put a little extra oomph on your accomplishment.

Then in 2003 we got AR and the whole culture started shifting to more guys focusing on big bucks. There's still a mix of box checking and some on big bucks, and guys whack a doe or three for meat. Then the guys that just walk the rifle a couple hours a year. I still don't know of many guys that empasize body counts other than the internet. Seems to be more a Southern thing plus urban archery.

It's always been more about the vision than the body count. Certain sights drive the passions, the bobber getting pulled under, a dove folding on a 40 yard passer, putting the shotgun bead on a gobbler head or on a greenhead dropping in the timber. But none beat watchin feathers disappear into ribs.

 

[Blacksmith]

It's always been more about the vision than the body count. Certain sights drive the passions, the bobber getting pulled under, a dove folding on a 40 yard passer, putting the shotgun bead on a gobbler head or on a greenhead dropping in the timber. But none beat watchin feathers disappear into ribs.

Well Said. An Old Timer Once Told Me As A Youngster, As You Age You'll Not Want To Kill So Much, Just Enjoy Hunting In Itself. That's Silly, I Want To Shoot One Every Night. Don't Get Me Wrong I Respect The Animal And Don't Waste Any, But I Do Love To See Feathers Through Both Sides...