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How Many Have You Killed?
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Wobblyshot1
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I've hunted them for close to 46 years....lost my last private land a couple years ago and haven't had the opportunity since then. Never did need more than one or two so maybe 50 or so. I'll will say probably 80% were taken with a flintlock rifle.
Chiflyguy
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Man, livin near 5-6 million people, it was hard finding places to hunt when you don't have big money.
Success was hard fought.
Mr.Bro
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4 or 5 but I'm still learning and very young also.
bowhunterfanatic
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Killed my first one in when I was 13 or 14. I've killed 120 or so since then. I remember a ton of them but have definitely forgotten some.
bobbuck
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More than I should have, but less than I could have.
tree_ghost
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I don't honestly know how many I've killed. I remember the first like it was yesterday. And every big buck I've been fortunate enough to take I remember crystal clear. If I had to take an educated guess I'd be around 80
Tried to figure it out a while back and just can't get there. First was either in 1969 or 1970 up in PA. Hunted PA, TX,GA before I settled here in TN.
Started slow here in TN but my family eat 5 to 7 a year now and most years I take over half of those.
Most memorable was while a US Army Soldier in South Korea I shot a Chinese Water Deer. The Village whose land I hunted in had a big party that night, they were probably more excited about me getting the deer than I was.
I think the whole village came and ate 1/2 that deer and a bunch of pheasants I also shot. Amazing cooking also.
Started slow here in TN but my family eat 5 to 7 a year now and most years I take over half of those.
Most memorable was while a US Army Soldier in South Korea I shot a Chinese Water Deer. The Village whose land I hunted in had a big party that night, they were probably more excited about me getting the deer than I was.
I think the whole village came and ate 1/2 that deer and a bunch of pheasants I also shot. Amazing cooking also.
I wish I would have kept track from a kid on. There were several years my dad and I would compete and 3 years in a row I killed 5 and he killed 7. But I have no clue what my count is. Since I don't know my guess is 5,602.5. Don't tell me I'm wrong because you don't know either 
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I've got all my printouts from the TWRA system with annual harvests (before they changed the system too) so that helps. The antlers from those early years definitely blend together so I actually printed out pictures of each and wrote everything I could remember about the hunt down.
I'd have to go add them up to be sure, but between Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas it's right about 100.
I'd have to go add them up to be sure, but between Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas it's right about 100.
11-17-2001 to current
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53 counties in Tn
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53 counties in Tn
Probably around 200. Really took advantage of unit L when I lived in middle TN
I honestly thought your total would be a lot more.
7mm08
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But did you smile in the photos?
Every time I see DA kill one I kill 2, just to keep him humble.
Jk, wish I new and kept up with it. I would guess around 80
Jk, wish I new and kept up with it. I would guess around 80
THEdonkey0515
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When I first started really learning and getting into it, out on my own. I shot everything that wiggled (that was legal) I just went back and looked at my TWRA check in and laughed thinking about it 3 doe and a spike from 11/6 to 11/12 in 2010 and I was dang proud to lol
In 2012 I used 2 buck tags by 9/28 and the bucks combined had 6 points lol
From about 2014 on 1-3 deer a year with a
decent buck sprinkled in every now and then, and I was satisfied.
In 2012 I used 2 buck tags by 9/28 and the bucks combined had 6 points lol
From about 2014 on 1-3 deer a year with a
decent buck sprinkled in every now and then, and I was satisfied.
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Killed my first in 93. When I really got into it early 2000s I couldn't afford to process let alone store a bunch of deer so that curbed my killing. Later I learned to process but realized it's work, so that curbed my killing. I have killed between 75-85 deer to the best of my recollection.
megalomaniac
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No idea any more... I would guess I'm approaching the 100 buck mark, maybe a tad over.
I have never kept up with it. Im not a mass murderer and the most ive ever taken in a season is 3 i believe with a bunch of seasons with only 1 or 2 . The 0 years were usually spent chasing women. The same with my turkey seasons.
Once i got married and settled down i became a killer LOL
Once i got married and settled down i became a killer LOL
tn24
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Around 120 the first 34 years, then maybe 10-12 the next ten years and that includes 0 in the last 2 years. As I've grown older I've got a lot more selective in what I kill.
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