#3137458 - 01/24/13 12:52 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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Only hunted East TN and actually hunted less than I have in a long time. Dont keep up with #'s anymore but would guess somehwere around 150+ this year. Nov rut hunting was pretty good with lots of deer saw daily in November.
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#3137492 - 01/24/13 01:05 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. How many times did you go ?
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#3138068 - 01/24/13 08:28 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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Never kept count throughout the season as a whole. A couple of years ago for about 3 years in a row, I saw roughly 30 different bucks and who knows how many does. This year, it seems that 80 percent of my sightings were bucks, but not that many does. It will vary from year to year. Especially when you have habitat changes, which we have had a lot. Though only 2 of my buck sightings this year were shooters (for me 3 1/2 or older) and I killed one of them. Most years, I get 1 chance at a 3 1/2 or older buck and that's it. I missed one in 2011 that was at least 4 1/2. Next year, it should be even better
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#3138447 - 01/25/13 07:59 AM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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I had 76 different sits that morning and evenings counted separate had a 6 all day sits. I had 243 deer sightings. early season was outstanding for us. rut was just decent late season ok. I had more skunks ever then before had 4 of those. tough season for us toughest that we have had for a good while. but good season
Wow Deerhunter10, you hunt a lot!
I climbed into a treestand 36 times this year and saw 38 deer, 12 of them being bucks.
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#3138653 - 01/25/13 10:01 AM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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I hunt almost every day from bow season through the end of rifle. On days when I work, I only get to hunt for an hour or so during the evenings. I simply mark on a calendar when I see deer and whether it was a buck, doe, or fawn. Sometimes I may not be able to positively identify the sex so I just put "deer".
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#3139091 - 01/25/13 02:26 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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I never have kept a journal but I should. I do keep track of the days I kill a deer. I can usually remember the whole hunt and where each deer came from that day. If I had to guess, I would say, not counting the few that blew at me going to stand, maybe 110-120 sightings, with 21 being in one day. The most bucks I have seen in one day has been 7, and got skunked at least 3 or 4 hunts, mostly afternoons.
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#3139205 - 01/25/13 03:54 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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I had 76 different sits that morning and evenings counted separate had a 6 all day sits. I had 243 deer sightings. early season was outstanding for us. rut was just decent late season ok. I had more skunks ever then before had 4 of those. tough season for us toughest that we have had for a good while. but good season Wow Deerhunter10, you hunt a lot! I climbed into a treestand 36 times this year and saw 38 deer, 12 of them being bucks.
I am lucky enough to be able to. im in college, so I work all summer and save up enough to make it through deer season then start working again after it. I try to make it as much as I can. I love it to much not to do it that much!
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#3139478 - 01/25/13 07:14 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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I had somewhere around 25 sets this year, most sets at least 6 hours, several all day sets. I saw a total of 5 deer, one of which I killed and the other four were on the same day I killed the 4-1/2 year old eight point. It's tough hunting these mountains of East Tennessee but somehow I manage to get-r-done every year. I still say if you can come to the mountains of East Tennessee and kill mature deer, year after year, you can kill a mature deer anywhere in Tennessee and probably the United States.
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#3139766 - 01/25/13 10:08 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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im in college, so I work all summer and save up enough to make it through deer season then start working again after it.
Now that's a man who knows what's important in life! Keep it up and don't ever let a woman change your ways! 
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#3139771 - 01/25/13 10:10 PM
Re: # of Sightings During A Season
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I had somewhere around 25 sets this year, most sets at least 6 hours, several all day sets. I saw a total of 5 deer...
Wow man, I admire you persistence.
I still say if you can come to the mountains of East Tennessee and kill mature deer, year after year, you can kill a mature deer anywhere in Tennessee and probably the United States.
I agree 100%. Toughest hunting there is anywhere in America. I admire anyone who can kill mature bucks out of those mountains. Too tough a hunt for me.
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