How many fill all available deer tags?

[lafn96]

In Unit A, I can take 10 deer if I max out my tags for all seasons. If I had the deer herd to support it, I'd probably try to fill all those as I love venison and all the sausage/jerky. I'm trying to build the herd on my property, so right now besides the two in the freezer I'll keep trying for a good buck. If I don't get one by the end of the season I'll probably take one more doe.

 

[deerhunter10]

Impossible for me unit L. Tagged out on bucks generally yearly since it went to 2.

 

[Ski]

If a landowner or friend or family member wants a deer I'll kill an extra to share, but otherwise I kill only what we'll eat, including sausage & jerky. That's generally 2-3 deer.

 

[Ridgeline300]

Not me, I could easily but I like to save some for seed. I love deer meat but 3 a year will do me.

 

[Omega]

Unit L here also, plus, if I wanted to, I get bonus bucks on Fort Campbell, but no, I get one for me, and one for friends who ask for one, 3 this year, which most times end up being does.

 

[cecil30-30]

1 for me. 2 tops.

 

[Jcalder]

I could kill my limit with a muzzleloader and gun and not see another deer for several seasons.

 

[Ski]

I could kill my limit with a muzzleloader and gun and not see another deer for several seasons.

That ^. Just because the limit says you can doesn't mean you should.

 

[BSK]

I trying to kill just one good buck per year off my family property. Don't want to be greedy when there are other family members trying to get a buck.

 

[tellico4x4]

Zero interest in filling a tag just for the sake of doing it. I have my standards and going to do my darndest to not pull trigger on something that does make it. Could easily tag out just about any day here in unit L, but if I just want something to eat, I shoot a doe. I've eaten a lot of "tag soup" in my day and did week before last in NE. Could have killed a good buck each of the three days I hunted, but I don't travel out of state to kill same size I could kill here. That particular bowl of tag soup was $798.00 + trip, but no regrets whatsoever and had a great time.
I typically kill 1 buck every 2-3 years off our place in TN.

 

[Snake]

In Unit A, I can take 10 deer if I max out my tags for all seasons. If I had the deer herd to support it, I'd probably try to fill all those as I love venison and all the sausage/jerky. I'm trying to build the herd on my property, so right now besides the two I've got two in the freezer I'll keep trying for a good buck. If I don't get one by the end of the season I'll probably take one more doe.

Used to kill in double figures but that got tiresome and back then HFH wasn't around. Got tired of people that said they wanted deer until you come up with one. Well if you processed it they'd take it . Tagged out on bucks and really have no desire to kill a doe but may go another time or two hoping to kill a coyote .

 

[DoubleRidge]

2021 was fortunate to kill a mature buck.
2022 let several walk...never killed one.
2023 was fortunate to kill a mature buck.

2019 was the last time I killed two bucks in the same year...and that was off of two separate farms.

We try not to hammer them to hard....keep pressure to a minimum year to year.

Targeting mature bucks means some years I wont kill one....but normally we have a few around to chase.

 

[megalomaniac]

I usually shoot 1 buck a year, but probably won't this year. I like to kill old cull bucks or big racked bucks. We have neither this year. Don't have to worry about meat... have 3 kids hunting as well, so they do most of the killing now.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

That would be unsustainable for where I am. Not enough deer for the limits.

 

[LenS]

I haven't killed a deer in 2 years. Waiting for something old, even if that doesn't mean big antlered. My wife and I work out of the country the majority of the year so we don't need to restock the freezer every season. So now I am only pulling the trigger if he really excites me.

Don't know if anyone else has experienced this, but I don't enjoy killing something like I used to. Maybe it's being 56, who knows. But I think I enjoy the act of hunting now more than ever.

 

[killingtime 41]

most years I don't kill anything. That's because in the mountains not anyway possible you'll shoot your total limit for the season from archery to gun. Be lucky if you see a deer every 5 sits. If I could I wouldn't anyway. 2 deer tops would last a long time unless you ate deer everyday. I wouldn't eat steak from a cow everyday much less deer meat. Once to twice a week and I'll be out of deer meat by the start of new season

 

[Lost Lake]

I try to take 3-4 deer a year, including trying for one decent buck. I'm buckless this season so far, so it's not looking good. That's fine. One or two more does will take care of us.

 

[Remi]

Unit B


My goals are 1-2 doe per year and 1 good buck. In reality I usually get a crack at a good buck every other year.

 

[lafn96]

Very small sample size, but I'm surprised that the highest # of deer killed per year so far from those that responded is 3. Thought there'd be at least a few taking 5+ per year, and then maybe one or two that fill all tags.

 

[Flintlocksforme]

Impossible for me unit L. Tagged out on bucks generally yearly since it went to 2.

Unit L @ 3 does per day with nearly 100 days of hunting = 300 deer a person. It's a challenge that requires a lot of freezer space. CWD is basically unlimited on bucks if you are shooting every doe / fawn you see.

 

[Ski]

Don't know if anyone else has experienced this, but I don't enjoy killing something like I used to. Maybe it's being 56, who knows. But I think I enjoy the act of hunting now more than ever.

Yep I love hunting but not killing. Killing is my least favorite part, but the meat is a staple in our diet and I enjoy looking at the antlers I've collected over the years. They take me back to the hunt.

 

[C1295]

Shoot I'm on a roll I use 0

 

[BSK]

Very small sample size, but I'm surprised that the highest # of deer killed per year so far from those that responded is 3. Thought there'd be at least a few taking 5+ per year, and then maybe one or two that fill all tags.

I think there are very, very few hunters that whack-and-stack these days. Far fewer than there used to be. Most hard-core hunters - the ones that put in the most hunting hours - are after just old/good bucks and maybe a doe or two for meat.

 

[Dr2kill]

I usually tag out on bucks, and will get a doe or two. It all depends on who I know that want meat, I've gotten deer for people for the past 4 years. I've kept one in that time.

 

[Gravey]

I used to kill 2-3 each year but we just don't eat them much so now I basically hunt for a good buck unless somebody I know wants a doe.

 

[Bone Collector]

Unit L so no way. I usually shoot 2-3 per year.

 

[killingtime 41]

When I was younger in the 90's I would kill whatever was brown was down. But we have more deer than then. And I'm a little older now so 1 good buck and a doe is about all I need. And I'd be satisfied. So far I've got zero but that's not unusual these days.

 

[TX300mag]

Since I have four kids old enough to hunt I will kill one occasionally on public land, but not every year.

Before they were hunting I would try for 10 per year, but that included Ohio and sometimes Texas. But keep in mind this is spread out over multiple places in several counties.

 

[philsanchez76]

Unit L. I have killed 5 deer this season. Im still trying for one more good buck and will prob shoot another doe or 2. Large fam and everyone wants/needs the meat. This is spread out over several different public properties. Every year I think maybe I put too much of a hurtin on em, then I go glass a field mid January after season is over and see 50+ deer. They are doin just fine.

 

[Boone25/06]

I'm usually good for 3 or 4 a year and donate the bucks to hunters for hungry. Keep the does. The only person I know of who shoots everything possible is the person that hunts my neighbors land. They are from Michigan and the guy and his wife hunt at least 5 days a week. They shoot nearly every time I'm hunting and have a deer in the back when leaving. Pretty frustrating trying to manage my property that I payed for when the neighbor lets someone with such different goals sit right on other side of fence. I don't know the totals every year but he did tell me him and his wife got 27 one year. Just wish he'd spend his hard earned money on his own spot somewhere else if killing everything is his goal.