#1871519 - 04/04/10 09:24 PM
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RKenney
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I am illiterate when it comes to text and computer abbreviations.
What does jlt mean? I have seen it several times, but I guess I
missed the boat somewhere along the way, as to what it stands
for.
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#1871652 - 04/04/10 10:03 PM
Re: First come, first served.........
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RKenney
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I wonder what the percentages would be, if you took away the
opening weekend and Thanksgiving weekend only hunters. I think
data is often skewed when the total picture is not viewed. When
the stats say most hunters don't kill a buck or only one, this
doesn't take into account the huge number of hunters who might
only hunt opening weekend of rifle season.
My data is not recorded in any graph, except for my 43 years of
deer hunting memories. I know of and have heard of, many of
these weekend ritual hunters.
Selfishly speaking, I am glad they only hunt one or two weekends.
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#1871936 - 04/05/10 07:55 AM
Re: First come, first served.........
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I think the reason most hunters don't reach their 3 buck limit,
is because (nowdays) most hunters don't shoot 3 baby bucks. The problem with that theory is TN deer hunters have always had a fairly low success rate at killing even one buck per year, even before QDM or trophy fever came around. Wonder why that is?Lack of deer?Seems hard to beleive to me,most years I could easily limit out before juvy if I so chose to.
That's always been a big question, but is typical for most states. I suspect it is due to a large number of hunters that don't put in much effort. They are just opening weekend hunters hunting more to be out with their buddies than anything else.
If I remember correctly--and BGG correct me if I'm wrong--the UT surveys found the median number of days a TN deer hunter hunts is only around 12-14 days during the entire deer season. That means half the deer hunters in TN hunt fewer days than that, and I'm sure for a large group it will only be 3 or 4 days. Add that low number of hunting days to a bunch of hunters without good places to hunt, and a large number of hunters that don't know much about choosing good stand locations, and you end up with a very low success rate.
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#1871941 - 04/05/10 07:59 AM
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BSK
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I wonder what the percentages would be, if you took away the
opening weekend and Thanksgiving weekend only hunters.
Those are the majority of hunters that don't kill a buck in a given year. And there are a large number of them.
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#1874548 - 04/06/10 05:01 PM
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mathews338
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I think the reason most hunters don't reach their 3 buck limit,
is because (nowdays) most hunters don't shoot 3 baby bucks. The problem with that theory is TN deer hunters have always had a fairly low success rate at killing even one buck per year, even before QDM or trophy fever came around. Wonder why that is?Lack of deer?Seems hard to beleive to me,most years I could easily limit out before juvy if I so chose to.
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#1874825 - 04/06/10 08:14 PM
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I only kill what I need to fill up my freezer. This past year I took 2 heavy bodied deer out of the gene pool and gave one of them to my brother-in-law.. I could have kept hunting but I didn't see the need since I had enough meat in the freezer to make it till this fall...
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