buckee Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 How many Deer have you shot ?? and How many years have you been hunting ?? I've been hunting with my own weapon ever since I was around 14., so it's been about 38 years or so. I've shot somewhere around 85 to 90 deer, that I can recollect. Most with shotgun and buckshot, about 12 or so with bow. How about yourself ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonhunter Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? with a bow since the age of nine..........id guess 30 or so deer. We had a kill tag this year so the number went up in a hurry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeStandBowHunter Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? I am 30 and been hunting since I was 12. I started HUNTING with a bow when I was about 20. I have shot 14 deer with 6 of them being buck. My biggest deer was the 8 pointer I got last year with my bow, it had a 16 1/2" spread. I have gotten 7 deer with a bow. Oh yeah, I shot my first deer with a .30 30 when I was 14. Keep in mind now folks, I lost a lot of year hunting though especially when I joined the Marine Corps a long time ago. I was in So Cal for almost 4 years and in Okinawa for 3 years. I have killed most of my deer the last 3 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ildrhntr Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? I have been bowhunting since I was 17 and I'm now 37.....Wow I just realized it has been 20 years. I have shot around 25 whitetails, 1 elk, 1 mule deer, 1 antelope, 1 black bear all with a bow. I have only taken 3 whitetail with a gun before I started bowhunting. 6 of my whitetails were large enough to be in pope and young, and the elk made pope and young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? I've been deer hunting for 20 years. Started bow hunting when I was 12 and gun hunting at 17. I didnt shoot my first deer until I was 18 (8pt). Bow: 13 ( 3- 7pts, 6pt, 5pt, and a spike) 7 does Gun: 10 ( 9pt, 2- 8pts, and 2- 6pts) 5 does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtBowhunter Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? I've been bowhunting for almost 20 years now and only started having luck in th past 7 years. In that time I've killed 12 or 13 with the bow.......never killed a deer with a gun of any kind, and probably never will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerhunter10 Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? I have been hunting deer since I was 6 and I'm now 14 so I have hunted for 8 years and haven't killed a deer yet. I have only bowhunted for 2 years though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEAVIER_THAN_STEEL Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? I just started last year and i shot twice but no dice i missed two does and thats all i got a shot at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrud Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? Just one with a bow, two total. Only been bowhunting for three years. About eight years total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? I started deer hunting when I was 13 and I'm 51 now so that's 38 years of enjoying the great outdoors chasing deer. I didn't start bowhunting until I was 19 when a buddy in college got me into it. Killed my 1st deer when I was 14 and my last one in January of this year. To be honest I'm not sure how many deer I've killed. Never really been into numbers. I killed 5 this past season. 3 doe and 1 buck with my bow and another buck with a rifle. We used to really stack up the does for management purposes. I guess by now I've killed somewhere around 150 deer total (including all weapons used) with somewhere between 60 and 75 of them with a bow. For the past 15 years I've done most of my doe killing with a bow which means the majority of my deer kill numbers during that time frame feel to an arrow. Also about 10 bucks fell to an arrow over that same time frame. The booner I killed in Kansas this past November was the last one. With the rut in Mississippi starting around the 3rd week in December, most of my buck kills in Mississippi come by way of the rifle or muzzleloader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? been deer gun hunting since '72 Gun 31 bucks 9 does bow hunting since '94 17 bucks 19 does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
too_pointer Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? Been hunting around 38 years. I'm guessing around 25-30 deer. Most were shot with bow and were bucks, so my count isn't real high. I have killed with: bow rifle shotgun muzzleloader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesVee Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? I'm more of a quality, not quantity kinda guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerdanmagic Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? Thanks to state management tags, I killed 21 or 22 in the last 3 years. Probably around 40 total since 1992. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAhardwoods Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? I've been hunting for nine years started when i was 12 as allowed by pa laws. I've killed 19 deer (1 mule deer) 7 bucks. I've killed one with my bow a 4 point....... I've hunted in PA,Maine,GA,WI, and Montana Cody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? 6 with the rifle - 5 bucks about 20 with the bow, 9 bucks Been hunting for 27 years, 20 in the Air Force which have been pretty touch and go for time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAhardwoods Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? I agree with bayou...every deer is a trophy I never did find a good recipe for antlers anyways....if you have one please send it my way Cody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeStandBowHunter Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? [ QUOTE ] Some of these kill ratios seem alarming to me?!?! Many of you actually give the number of Bucks and Does you have killed, yet many of you have killed as many if not more bucks. I assume that MANY of the bucks are immature animals and should have been passed and a DOE should have been tagged in it's place. I try to kill atleast 4 or 5 Does for every buck and don't shoot at a buck unless he is a mature animal. Please do your part and "Take a Doe so the herd won't Grow" Practice QDM [/ QUOTE ] Hey do me a favor will ya, this is not a QDM thread. This thread is a "How many deer have you shot" thread. This is how BS starts. If that is your way of thinking, so be it. Who are you or anybody to tell someone how to hunt. If it is legal, then let it alone. If it is not legal, call them on it. Let's keep is simple. Deal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? easy,easy...treestand...don't get all mad again...lol myself I do not know how many...must be in the 20's by now....mostly bucks.young and old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? [ QUOTE ] Some of these kill ratios seem alarming to me?!?! Many of you actually give the number of Bucks and Does you have killed, yet many of you have killed as many if not more bucks. I assume that MANY of the bucks are immature animals and should have been passed and a DOE should have been tagged in it's place. I try to kill atleast 4 or 5 Does for every buck and don't shoot at a buck unless he is a mature animal. Please do your part and "Take a Doe so the herd won't Grow" Practice QDM [/ QUOTE ] Yeah well let me hunt your FARM and I'll practice all the QDM you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldawg Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? My personal opinion of QDM will tick you off, as much as your personal opinion about telling me how to hunt ticks off me!!! I've been gun hunting since 71' ; I've been bow hunting since 72'. It's good to see that some of you have good memories. I used to have one, but forgot where I put it. My total numbers are in the neighborhood of 50 or 60+. Bow numbers are alot less than gun numbers. I'm guessing about 15 with bow. Maybe more. As far as how many were bucks, and how many were does....they all tasted great, and I'm not sure. I can say though...alot of them were nub bucks, spikes and small basket racks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted May 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? This thread isn't about QDM. QM was'nt even discussed a few years back and certainly wasn't even thought of 30 years ago, so lets just stick to the title of the thread guys OK....please. Yes, I have shot my fair share of small bucks in the past. I do practise QDM where I hunt now, along with my hunting buddies, even though it is hard to do here with the two deer limit. So lets not make this an QDM argument thread eh. ......GEESH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtBowhunter Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? Cornfed, some folks remember the actul numbers better when they break it down. You need to edit your post for the language or ask a mod for this room to do it. From now on watch the language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeStandBowHunter Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? My motto still stands to be proven over and over again ...... There is always ONE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: How many Deer have you shot ?? as for me , its just the way I keep track, in my log book, buck or doe, where it was shot weather conditions bow or gun etc. none of which says anything about qdm, although practiced , that question was not asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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