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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5546117" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>If you download the full 2023 report, you can see more detailed numbers, particularly in regard to Tennessee.</p><p></p><p><strong>Please NOTE the 2023 "report's" most recent annual data if for the 2021 deer season (not 2022)!</strong></p><p></p><p>A few standouts . . . . . . . . In 2021 . . . . .</p><p></p><p>Tennessee deer hunters took 40 antlered bucks per 100 deer hunters.</p><p>This compares to a Southeast U.S. average of 48 antlered bucks per 100 deer hunters.</p><p></p><p>Of the antlered bucks taken in TN, 68% were 2 1/2 yrs old or younger.</p><p>In the Southeast U.S. overall, only 44% were 2 1/2 yrs old or younger.</p><p>Mississippi had the lowest percentage of 1 1/2 yr-old bucks in the Southeast with 10%.</p><p>Tennessee was closer to the Southeast average with 22% of antlered bucks being 1 1/2 yr olds.</p><p></p><p>As an aside, 1 1/2 yr-old bucks are also referred by most biologists as "yearlings",</p><p>while "button" bucks are properly referred to as male fawns.</p><p>Many hunters erroneously refer to button bucks and older fawns as yearlings (all deer are fawns until they reach the age of 1 year old).</p><p></p><p>Of the antlered bucks taken in TN, 32% were 3 1/2 yrs old, or older.</p><p>The Southeast States' average was 56% taken being 3 1/2 yrs old or older.</p><p></p><p>According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, nationwide, only 13% of all hunting occurs on "public" land, so no surprise, most of the "harvested" deer are taken on "private" lands?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5546117, member: 1409"] If you download the full 2023 report, you can see more detailed numbers, particularly in regard to Tennessee. [B]Please NOTE the 2023 "report's" most recent annual data if for the 2021 deer season (not 2022)![/B] A few standouts . . . . . . . . In 2021 . . . . . Tennessee deer hunters took 40 antlered bucks per 100 deer hunters. This compares to a Southeast U.S. average of 48 antlered bucks per 100 deer hunters. Of the antlered bucks taken in TN, 68% were 2 1/2 yrs old or younger. In the Southeast U.S. overall, only 44% were 2 1/2 yrs old or younger. Mississippi had the lowest percentage of 1 1/2 yr-old bucks in the Southeast with 10%. Tennessee was closer to the Southeast average with 22% of antlered bucks being 1 1/2 yr olds. As an aside, 1 1/2 yr-old bucks are also referred by most biologists as "yearlings", while "button" bucks are properly referred to as male fawns. Many hunters erroneously refer to button bucks and older fawns as yearlings (all deer are fawns until they reach the age of 1 year old). Of the antlered bucks taken in TN, 32% were 3 1/2 yrs old, or older. The Southeast States' average was 56% taken being 3 1/2 yrs old or older. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, nationwide, only 13% of all hunting occurs on "public" land, so no surprise, most of the "harvested" deer are taken on "private" lands? [/QUOTE]
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