I'm in favor of it. Had one guy on our lease take three, all over 120". Another hunter took two, both over 130". They both would have not liked the one buck rule at all.

The percentage of hunters that kill 3 bucks will be small.

So far 8 hunters.... and 8 bucks

Hunters: 8
Bucks: 8

Hunters:25
Bucks:26

I'm still wondering why we are hung up on buck limits when so far this little survey is showing that the avg... is one buck per hunter...

Hunters: 26
Bucks: 27

I believe if we avg it out across the state (hunters/bucks killed), we would be surprised that debating this is a moot point.....

G-N-B

Hunters:27
Bucks:28

Hunters:30
Bucks:31

Hunters:34
Bucks:36

Hunters:35
Bucks:36

I got two this year and the 3rd one, would have had to be a good one before I pulled the trigger...

P.S. Not done yet, one last weekend in the cold.............

G-N-B

Hunters:37
Bucks:37

Still waiting on several to add to this survey.... How many bucks have you killed in TN this year (No draw hunts or bonus bucks)?...

i have killed 2 bucks........opening day of muzzleloader a nice 2.5,7 point came threw i shot him he was my biggest to date.....fastforward till that wednesday.......a mere 5 days later......the buck i have been hunting for 2 years came out....i got him!!!!! a big 8 point......he is now my biggest.....if it was a 1 buck state...i would not have killed my biggest buck....that 7 point was great...but not very big....bigger that what i useally kill.....i would have had to let the 8 point go .....that would suck.....i would leave the limits alone.......

Looks like all a 1 buck limit would do is limit opportunity to be in the woods and revenue for TWRA from license sales.

Would you have killed the 7 point with a one buck limit? Or would you have waited on the buck you've hunted for 2 years?

Hunters:39
Bucks:41

Would you have killed the 7 point with a one buck limit? Or would you have waited on the buck you've hunted for 2 years?

Would you have killed the 7 point with a one buck limit? Or would you have waited on the buck you've hunted for 2 years?

also a 1 buck limit would probally turn most kids off hunting......if they could only kill 1 buck....they probally could do that in just one hunt....thus.....hampering the learning process.....if they only hunted 1 time a year how would that make them good buck hunters....sure they can kill does...but killing bucks is a whole lot harder....and takes great skills.....and most kids just want horns.....anyway....ajh

also a 1 buck limit would probally turn most kids off hunting

I guess only states with liberal buck limits produce young hunters.

My situation may be the exception to the rule, but based off the one hunter, my youngest brother, that I have mentored, only allowing him to kill mature bucks has not turned him off at all. It has done the exact opposite. He is determined to kill only mature deer and realizes that he most likely he will harvest only one a year if he is lucky. The excitement is in the challenge.

My situation may be the exception to the rule, but based off the one hunter, my youngest brother, that I have mentored, only allowing him to kill mature bucks has not turned him off at all. It has done the exact opposite. He is determined to kill only mature deer and realizes that he most likely he will harvest only one a year if he is lucky. The excitement is in the challenge.

Probably not but TN probably sell a lot more hunting license....

Who in the heck wants to hunt a few days out of the yr with a shotgun or MZ and only can kill one buck

You're kidding, right?

Sorry to tell you but on avg... a mature buck in those states will always have more antler mass than the same age buck in this state...

Thats just the way it is and buck limits are a moot point when you are splitting hairs between one or three... Most hunter never kill 3 and there are several that never kill a buck during the season...

I agree with you RAFI and Gator-n-buck. The number of bucks a year a hunter harvests is not my concern. To each their own.
I take as many youths as possible, and if they have never harvested a buck, I let them shoot whatever they want, but after that mature bucks only if they hunt with me on my land and the properties I manage. Im my humble opinion too many people discuss and focus on the buck limits and not on just teaching and practicing letting young bucks grow to reach their full potential.

I agree


It's a little more than splitting hairs or you wouldn't have started a thread to state why we should keep a 3 buck limit.

You can put me down for 1, also.

[quote=Yodel Dog]You can put me down for 1, also.

Rafi, I agree. I will not tell someone else how they should hunt or what they should shoot, until they are hunting properties under my control.

Hunters:43
Bucks:43

Thanks... I like a 3 buck limit and wouldn't have a problem with a 2 buck limit... I just think a one buck limit isn't going to make a differents... I have seen it debated on here to many times and I think TWRA know what they are doing...

Still waiting on several to add to this survey.... How many bucks have you killed in TN this year (No draw hunts or bonus bucks)?...

So who you waiting on?Im calling them out.lol

this is quite possibly the most worthless thread I've seen on here due to a combination of inadequate sampling and incorrect assumption in what you are trying to prove.

Let me put it to you like this...

If EVERY single hunter in the state who harvested a buck killed their 3 buck limit, guess what the statwide average would be???




The answer would be 1.5 bucks/hunter on average, since 50% of the hunters out there never kill a single buck. There's your most accurate average.

So, in other words, we could go to a 10 buck/ yr limit and still have those who harvest a buck kill 10 per year (as long as 90% of the population does not kill a single buck) and we'd still average out 1 buck/person/yr.

A liberal limit on bucks ASSUMES and RELIES on the fact that half of the hunters won't kill a buck at all. In fact, it REQUIRES that half the hunters don't kill a buck at all, and a majority of the others restrict themselves to prevent an overharvest of the resource.

So, sure, a 3 buck limit is just fine- as long as you are the one killing the 3 bucks and your neighbors aren't.

In a sense. Even though TWRA sets a bag limit, we are intelligent enough (believe it or not) to know, in reality, most hunters will not "kill the bag limit."

The same thing with a lot of quota hunts. In most instances, we know only 50% of the hunters drawn will show up. So, if you want 100 hunters, you set the quota at 200. There is no "bag limit" for trappers. That does not mean that one trapper will catch every raccoon in the state in one night. It's just not gonna happen. There are limits, and there is reality. The trick is to set the limits to achieve the reality you want.

this is quite possibly the most worthless thread I've seen on here due to a combination of inadequate sampling and incorrect assumption in what you are trying to prove.

Let me put it to you like this...

If EVERY single hunter in the state who harvested a buck killed their 3 buck limit, guess what the statwide average would be???




The answer would be 1.5 bucks/hunter on average, since 50% of the hunters out there never kill a single buck. There's your most accurate average.

So, in other words, we could go to a 10 buck/ yr limit and still have those who harvest a buck kill 10 per year (as long as 90% of the population does not kill a single buck) and we'd still average out 1 buck/person/yr.

A liberal limit on bucks ASSUMES and RELIES on the fact that half of the hunters won't kill a buck at all. In fact, it REQUIRES that half the hunters don't kill a buck at all, and a majority of the others restrict themselves to prevent an overharvest of the resource.

So, sure, a 3 buck limit is just fine- as long as you are the one killing the 3 bucks and your neighbors aren't.

3 for me
1 4.5
2 3.5
but not all in TN

I guess only states with liberal buck limits produce young hunters.

this is quite possibly the most worthless thread I've seen on here due to a combination of inadequate sampling and incorrect assumption in what you are trying to prove.

Let me put it to you like this...

If EVERY single hunter in the state who harvested a buck killed their 3 buck limit, guess what the statwide average would be???




The answer would be 1.5 bucks/hunter on average, since 50% of the hunters out there never kill a single buck. There's your most accurate average.

So, in other words, we could go to a 10 buck/ yr limit and still have those who harvest a buck kill 10 per year (as long as 90% of the population does not kill a single buck) and we'd still average out 1 buck/person/yr.

A liberal limit on bucks ASSUMES and RELIES on the fact that half of the hunters won't kill a buck at all. In fact, it REQUIRES that half the hunters don't kill a buck at all, and a majority of the others restrict themselves to prevent an overharvest of the resource.

So, sure, a 3 buck limit is just fine- as long as you are the one killing the 3 bucks and your neighbors aren't.

The one buck debate always seems pretty worthless since no body wants to listen to the guys that do this for a living (I'm not one of them)...

We may not need more mature bucks, but, as bad as some people hate it, trophy hunting is the future of our sport. Don't think for one second the next generation, after growing up with Waddel and every other hunting celebrity, will be content with the same caliber bucks we are today. Everything changes, we are crazy to think hunting will be any different. Trophy hunting is the future of our sport. It's changing already, whether you like it or not.

Having said all that I introduced my son to deer hunting and never once told him what kind of legal deer he should kill.. I think this is a growing process and I will let him decide what he wants to get out of hunting and let him set his own goals... I will never forget those days when I just wanted to kill a deer...

I appreciate the experts' input, even though I may not always agree. But I am a realist and here's how I see it. Even though I support lower buck limits, I'm not naive enough to think we will ever be a trophy state. We may not need more mature bucks, but, as bad as some people hate it, trophy hunting is the future of our sport. Don't think for one second the next generation, after growing up with Waddel and every other hunting celebrity, will be content with the same caliber bucks we are today. Everything changes, we are crazy to think hunting will be any different. Trophy hunting is the future of our sport. It's changing already, whether you like it or not.

I totally agree with you on that. Every time I read this thread a get a laugh. Have no idea what this will prove. Looks to me like we should be more concerned with percentage of hunters being successful and percentage of available bucks being harvested than average number of bucks killed per hunter. All you have to do is look at harvest totals and find out have many people bought tags to get an average per hunter. Anybody can use this poll to support anything they want.

I just wanted to know how many hunters on TNdeer filled their buck tags... This it the site we are always debating buck limits... so why wouldn't we want to see how many hunters on this... site... have filled their buck tags...

I noticed the only ones that have complained about this thread is a couple of one buck limit guys....

That is not what you have ask or comparing your numbers to. You are comparing number of hunters to number of bucks killed not number of hunters filling tags. Sounds like you have been confused by your own survey.

That is another place you don't know what you are talking about and you are bad wrong again. I don't want a 1 buck limit. Where did you get that idea? I just think this is the most useless, senseless survey that has ever be done.

I don't remebering calling anyone out by name but its funny you jumped on board...

I guess you quoting something I said when you made that comment just might make someone think that. Maybe I jumped on board cause I can't hold my laughter anymore thinking that anyone would think these numbers could prove anything about limits. and yes you said you brought this up because of the debated buck limit.

Trophy hunting is the future of our sport. It's changing already, whether you like it or not.

I think in the end, hunters do a good job of monitoring the number of bucks they kill depending on their goals...

Don't think for one second the next generation, after growing up with Waddel and every other hunting celebrity, will be content with the same caliber bucks we are today. Everything changes, we are crazy to think hunting will be any different. Trophy hunting is the future of our sport. It's changing already, whether you like it or not.