#1697830 - 12/30/09 07:46 PM
Stats from 40 years of deer kills
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jakeway
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With a birthday coming up and the season drawing to a close, I got out my buck log and did some stats. If stats like this bore you, just hit the Back button and read some posts from people with real lives.
Kill percent by decade:
70's 5%
80's 10%
90's 17%
00's 69%
Weapon Type:
Bow 36% Avg 16 yards
ML 10% Avg 50 yards
Shotgun 14% Avg 45 Yards
CF Rifle 40% Avg 79 yards
Closest shot: 3 yards Farthest: 220
Time of Day:
Dawn - 9 am: 55%
9 - 11 am: 14%
3 pm - Dark: 31%
Antlered 40% Slickheads 60%
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#1697855 - 12/30/09 07:53 PM
Re: Stats from 40 years of deer kills
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jakeway
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These stats don't mean much of anything, except to quantify one person's experience.
Some of these are skewed by the way I hunt and where I do it. For example:
For the first 25 years of my hunting, I lived in an area where you couldn't use a centerfire rifle.
I started hunting with guns when I was 14, but didn't start bow hunting until I was 28.
Time of day is skewed because I'm a lazy bugger and if I've gotten a deer or two by 11 am I go home.
The big increase in kills in the 00's is partly due to the more liberal limits the past few years, and partly becasue I didn't start leasing a farm to hunt until the late 90's.
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#1697863 - 12/30/09 07:56 PM
Re: Stats from 40 years of deer kills
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jakeway
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DA, I've gotten about as many as you get in a year or two.
Let's just say it's somewhere between 40 and 80.
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#1697900 - 12/30/09 08:09 PM
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Cool... it looks like you got better as you got older.. 
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#1697910 - 12/30/09 08:11 PM
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I knew you were good, I didn't know you were only doing this for 9 years!
I wish I kept stats for the days I hunted and didn't get anything. I've had my best year this year, and didn't really hunt much. I think I've had shooting 5 of the last 6 times I've hunted. Today was the first time I've been out since Nov 27th, and I shot two does that day.
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#1697938 - 12/30/09 08:19 PM
Re: Stats from 40 years of deer kills
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gator-n-buck
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i know same for me
i was just curious the total amount of deer killed these were based on
ie for me
almost 9 years of hunting
98 deer killed
8635 lbs field dressed ( in o7 alone 2398lbs)
38 buck 59 doe
49 before 9 am
4 between 9-12
1 noon to 4 pm
44 4pm till dark
note i never hunt much after 9-3
min shot 5 farthest 304 avg 59.8 all weapons
avg tracking distance 63 yds
DA thats pretty cool.. 9 years pretty good..
The times stand out and might make me re-think my hunting patterns..
Cool stuff..
Edited by gator-n-buck (12/30/09 08:20 PM)
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#1697945 - 12/30/09 08:22 PM
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Those are some crazy numbers DA.......
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#1698003 - 12/30/09 08:44 PM
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gator-n-buck
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my stats are nuts
i track days of week and months
see if you notice a patteren
MONDAY 5 TUESDAY 4 WEDNESDAY 10 THURSDAY 7 FRIDAY 14 SATURDAY 34 SUNDAY 24
You hunt more on the weekends...
G-N-B
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#1698495 - 12/31/09 07:43 AM
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Hey DA - what are the stats for mature bucks only? (i.e. time of day and month/day is what I'm looking for mainly). Also it would be interesting to know how many smaller bucks were passed on the same day you killed the mature buck. Additionally do you know what the phase of moon was on the days when the mature bucks were killed?
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