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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5356226" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>In short, yes there are that many does in <em>parts</em> of unit-L. I'm near Manchester, half way between Nashville and Chattanooga, and hunt public and private. We have several WMA's in the immediate area and on any given day during season, I'd be confident in getting a doe in bow range. </p><p></p><p>My annual routine is to kill 7-8 does for the freezer, and it takes about a week to do it. I can only butcher one or two at a time so I only shoot one or two in a day, then when packed up in the freezer I hunt again & get another one or two. It's more like meat acquisition work than it is hunting, but we eat lots of venison so I do it. And I rarely if ever shoot a doe on my private land. The rest of the season I chase antlers and do lots of out of state hunting. It's a luxury really. I've hunted places where I'd forego hopes of a trophy because I needed meat first & foremost. This isn't one of those places. </p><p></p><p>So for a meat hunter, I find it hard to imagine leaving TN in search of does for the freezer. This place is like a grocery store. I buy a sportsmans license every year and it allows me to hunt/fish pretty much everything I want minus elk & the specialty stuff. No extra tags or licenses. My freezer stays plumb full of fish, frogs, doves, turkey, venison, squirrels, etc. I made 125lbs of venison summer sausage last year alone. I can't recall any place in my life where this lifestyle was not only plausible but also convenient. Alaska is a near second in terms of high volume meat acquisition, but it's nowhere near as convenient as buying a single license like here in TN. That said, I've not hunted PA so I can't compare.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5356226, member: 20583"] In short, yes there are that many does in [I]parts[/I] of unit-L. I'm near Manchester, half way between Nashville and Chattanooga, and hunt public and private. We have several WMA's in the immediate area and on any given day during season, I'd be confident in getting a doe in bow range. My annual routine is to kill 7-8 does for the freezer, and it takes about a week to do it. I can only butcher one or two at a time so I only shoot one or two in a day, then when packed up in the freezer I hunt again & get another one or two. It's more like meat acquisition work than it is hunting, but we eat lots of venison so I do it. And I rarely if ever shoot a doe on my private land. The rest of the season I chase antlers and do lots of out of state hunting. It's a luxury really. I've hunted places where I'd forego hopes of a trophy because I needed meat first & foremost. This isn't one of those places. So for a meat hunter, I find it hard to imagine leaving TN in search of does for the freezer. This place is like a grocery store. I buy a sportsmans license every year and it allows me to hunt/fish pretty much everything I want minus elk & the specialty stuff. No extra tags or licenses. My freezer stays plumb full of fish, frogs, doves, turkey, venison, squirrels, etc. I made 125lbs of venison summer sausage last year alone. I can't recall any place in my life where this lifestyle was not only plausible but also convenient. Alaska is a near second in terms of high volume meat acquisition, but it's nowhere near as convenient as buying a single license like here in TN. That said, I've not hunted PA so I can't compare. [/QUOTE]
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