#1866515 - 04/01/10 07:34 AM
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Bottom Hunter
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Loc: Hatchie Bottoms
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Are you a limit person?
Not just deer hunting but any species.....do you set a goal of getting the limit every time that you go out.....Personally, I will never kill three doe per day or ever kill the three buck limit per season, unless I've taken two 130 plus deer and I see a 150 inch later. I just don't value "killing" that much.
I have gone buck-less many seasons simply because I saw nothing that I wanted to shoot.....
It's funny how we change or maybe "morph" is a better word. Back in the day, I always thought in terms of limits. Now, I think in terms of goals like "learning something" and less in "killing something" and especially in "killing the limit"......
The only numbers that interest me any more are "gross inches"..! haha.
I do set a sort of "limit" to the number of days I want to hunt for a season......if I don't meet those numbers, I sort of feel like I didn't put forth the effort and in some cases I feel "DEPRIVED".
Any thoughts?
Bh
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#1866613 - 04/01/10 08:26 AM
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MUP
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Loc: Just North of Chatt-town
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Nah..
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#1866620 - 04/01/10 08:32 AM
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Beekeeper
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Registered: 08/26/09
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Loc: McMinn Co. Tennessee
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nope.
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#1866659 - 04/01/10 09:02 AM
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kldeerkiller
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Loc: hawkins county
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I feel like there are several stages in a deer hunters life. There was a time that I enjoyed killing every legal deer I saw. The higher the limits the more I killed and the more I liked it. In the last 8-10 years I have grown in to the fact that I dont want to kill every deer I see and only want to shoot mature bucks and a few does a year. But it sure was fun back in the day when me and my buddy would come home after a out of town hunt with deer stacked in the back of the truck. That brought back some good memories-I may have to start that again.
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#1866674 - 04/01/10 09:10 AM
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Rowdy
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Registered: 12/25/07
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Loc: ky lake
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Fish'n, yeah...hunt'n, no!
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#1866692 - 04/01/10 09:19 AM
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tndrbstr
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Registered: 10/06/05
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Loc: knox co tn
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I don't know many folks that would go to a dove shoot just to watch em fly.... 
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#1866769 - 04/01/10 10:05 AM
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Winchester
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Every time I hit the outdoors with weapon or rod I absolutely intend to have success. What I call success has definitely changed over the years in terms of quality, but I absolutely try to be succesful each and every time I go! I used to like just catching several Bass, now I try to catch several GOOD bass every time I go. I used to want to kill bucks, now I want to kill 3 GOOD bucks. My desire to be succesful has not changed at all. I have just tried to better my skills over the years so I can achieve my now higher goals. Anybody that says they dont care if they are succesful or not is kidding themselves, why even carry a gun/rod if you dont want to use it, carry a camera instead.
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#1866815 - 04/01/10 10:22 AM
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Snake
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Registered: 05/03/09
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Loc: McMinn Co.Tennessee U.S.
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I kill quite a few and have at times taken my limit but most of the time I don't because I'm mostly looking for bucks .
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#1866899 - 04/01/10 11:15 AM
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easy45
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Registered: 11/06/07
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Loc: Medon
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absolutely not
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#1866920 - 04/01/10 11:29 AM
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Registered: 07/22/09
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Loc: Nashville, TN
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Fishing and turkey yes deer no. It is unrealistic to think you will kill three does every time you go into the deer woods. Even if you did what the heck would you do with all that meat? Now this is not to say that I have not limited out on deer I have on a couple of occasions. Late in the season frezzer was empty and I got to feed the family. Man let me tell you about getting four deer out of the woods and gutting and processing. One needs lots of beer and four sharp knives and it doesn't hurt to have a friend or two. You know to help drink all your beer.
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