#3136196 - 01/23/13 03:12 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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Although I had a record opening day in buck activity, my total sightings for the entire year were less than 15 total deer. I only hunted my property this season tho, no public or quota hunts.
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#3136199 - 01/23/13 03:15 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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Diehard Hunter
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Although I had a record opening day in buck activity, my total sightings for the entire year were less than 15 total deer. I only hunted my property this season tho, no public or quota hunts. Wow,how many times did you go,I saw that many,probably more opening weekend.
That is East Tennessee for you. And the farther east you go, the tougher it gets.
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#3136204 - 01/23/13 03:22 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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Although I had a record opening day in buck activity, my total sightings for the entire year were less than 15 total deer. I only hunted my property this season tho, no public or quota hunts. Wow,how many times did you go,I saw that many,probably more opening weekend. That is East Tennessee for you. And the farther east you go, the tougher it gets.
You got that right. I did good to see 14 does total on a large lease this year. Maybe it's just me but I'd like to think it's where I'm hunting. I went to a unit L county with a buddy this year and saw more deer in one sit than I typically do all year.
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#3136238 - 01/23/13 03:50 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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I normally see 100+ deer in a season,this year,I seen between 15-20 deer total for the whole season,and that's counting the 4 I killed..I hunted alot too,it was a miserable failure this year..I was glad to see it come to an end.
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#3136272 - 01/23/13 04:15 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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Although I had a record opening day in buck activity, my total sightings for the entire year were less than 15 total deer. I only hunted my property this season tho, no public or quota hunts. Wow,how many times did you go,I saw that many,probably more opening weekend. That is East Tennessee for you. And the farther east you go, the tougher it gets.
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#3136298 - 01/23/13 04:36 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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Although I had a record opening day in buck activity, my total sightings for the entire year were less than 15 total deer. I only hunted my property this season tho, no public or quota hunts. Wow,how many times did you go,I saw that many,probably more opening weekend. That is East Tennessee for you. And the farther east you go, the tougher it gets. agreed. i saw six total this year and one of those was the 8pt i killed.
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#3136615 - 01/23/13 09:01 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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I saw less than 20 and I hunted nearly every weekend, plus many week days after the first of December. The majority of the deer I saw were in one weekend at oak ridge on the December hunt. If I hadn't drawn that hunt, I would have seen less than 10 for the year. I killed 4, but I had to work for them!
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#3137017 - 01/24/13 08:48 AM
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Crosshairy
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I would estimate that I saw about 40. I'd say I went hunting about 20-25 times. I killed 3 deer (1 in archery, 2 in MZ) and missed my first deer with a rifle in about 15 years - scope mount had gotten knocked loose.
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#3137143 - 01/24/13 09:51 AM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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tn droptine
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I only went hunting for the last week and a half of season, out of maybe 12 trips out I saw at least 30 total
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#3137453 - 01/24/13 12:47 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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Man i honestly would not say how many i seen, but i hunt every day until the last 2 weeks of season and spent time doing other things. Have no clue as to the # of deer but i seen for certain 37 different bucks from archery until rifle.
I tagged out and killed a quota hunt freebie which was my biggest deer ever.
7 pt, 9 pt, 11pt, 13 pt.
I will have a rough time matching this season
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