horst Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 I know Ive posted about Iowas big push to reduce the deer herd a lot recently but theyre really trying to change the regulations a lot this year.After killing record numbers of deer several years in a row, they want an additional 25% of the deer herd wiped out this fall Im starting to think theyre getting awfully close to wanting numbers of deer killed hunters arent going to be able to comply with.Its not the fact that we arent willing to kill this many deer.But really, how many deer can one guy eat in a year?Or one family for that matter.So I thought Id find out If you cold answer this 2 question survey for me it would be great. 1-How many people in your household eat deer 2-Whats the maximum number of deer you think you can consume in your household in a year? Personally i have 4 in my household that eat deer regularly.I average about 5 deer a year in the freezer and it seems to kep us in venison most of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goose21 Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Re: How many deer? only three but ive been hunting only two years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronS Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Re: How many deer? 4 in our household. We could go through about 3 deer per year. When I have the chance I like to take a 4th deer for just making jerky and sausage to give away as gifts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Squirrelbuster Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Re: How many deer? I have had 6 in my house for the past year and between me and my brothers 4 deer we shot this year, the majority of the venison was gone withing a few months. So in my house it would take a lot deer to last until the next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Justwin24 Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Re: How many deer? The three of us normally eat 4 deer a year. We always have too much burger and end up giving a lot of it away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Squirrelbuster Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Re: How many deer? [ QUOTE ] We always have too much burger and end up giving a lot of it away. [/ QUOTE ] Thats always the case in my house too. As a matter of fact I think that is the only thing that is left in the freezer......we might have some stew meat left but I am not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MarylandQDMA Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Re: How many deer? 2 of us. will finish off 4 deer each year. in fact looking ini the frezer last night I was wondering if we would have enoughf to last untill sept. 05. we never buy beef unless the inlaws come over. Frank on another note: my hunting buddy is the only one who eats it (lives alone). he loves shooting deer/hunting. he keeps 2 for himself and gives the rest away to nonhunters that love deer or to the butcher who then donates them to feed the hungry. he killed 14 (+/-) this year; all went to someones stomach. the state should have a program for the hunters feeding the hungry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted February 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Re: How many deer? [ QUOTE ] on another note: my hunting buddy is the only one who eats it (lives alone). he loves shooting deer/hunting. he keeps 2 for himself and gives the rest away to nonhunters that love deer or to the butcher who then donates them to feed the hungry. he killed 14 (+/-) this year; all went to someones stomach. the state should have a program for the hunters feeding the hungry. [/ QUOTE ] We do have a program actually but the funding isnt there for it to be available statewide, matter of fact theres only 29 lockers that accept deer for this program in the whole state Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisconsinboy Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Re: How many deer? 4 of us eat deer in my house im sure we could eat 6 a year between us without having it every day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Re: How many deer? 1) 5 2) 5 maybe 6...depending on size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Re: How many deer? I usally only take one deer for myself...wife won't touch it, and its 99% of the time a doe. If I'm lucky enough to harvest a buck that I want or have another doe tag...I give the deer away to a friend who doesn't hunt, but him, his wife, and two daughters eat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Re: How many deer? 2 people, 3 deer max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtBowhunter Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Re: How many deer? 6 in the house and we can go through 4 deer......4 of the people are very young still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bow Hunter Derek Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Re: How many deer? I'm the only one that hunts as of now. Hoping my girls do when they get older. My wife likes venison, but for us 1 deer is usually enough, but sometimes I keep 2, it all depends on how the freezer looks at the start of deer season. That being said, I try to shoot 3 or 4 a year. The extra deer, I process and give away to friends who don't hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gfourhunter Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Re: How many deer? my house goes through 5-6 deer a year and i give to family and friends about 3-4 a year. and yes i tag them all no party hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IADEERDUDE Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Re: How many deer? there are three of us in the family and we all eat deer...i personally harvested 5 deer but i gave one to HUSH .... hey horst i agree with you maybe we should cut back %25 instead of increasing the harvest i recently heard the dnr is talking about offering 2000 or so more non resident tags which is good for economy but i think there are too many deer being harvested all though i am guilty of tagging 5 deer ...i just dont want to see the days of buck only again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Re: How many deer? 3 here eat venison 7 deer in freezer if I make jerky, a hind quarter will last two weeks..maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimPic Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Re: How many deer? My wife and I can go thru 2 deer/year-and that's mostly me eating it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Re: How many deer? Just 2 eat venison so 2 deer/year is plenty for me. Anything over that is given away to others that eat deer. I have no problem finding someone that wants a deer. My best friend's family can eat up to 7 deer/year. Less than that and he runs out before the next season opens. He has 4 hungry mouths in his household. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Re: How many deer? All 4 of us in my house eat the deer we kill. I usually make and give away some jerky and some other meat to my siter and her husband. I have taken as many as 4 in a season and we ate most of it, but did give away probably the equivalent of one deer, but that was before I started making my own jerky. I cannot make this stuff fast enough with 2 kids. I would guess now we could probably consume 4 or 5 deer in our household in a year with the 4 of us eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMSD5 Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Re: How many deer? there's only 2 in my household ...im the only one that eats deer...i try to keep 2 for my own use and then i give the rest away to the needy.... there's a lot of folks out there that like it but do not hunt or have no means to be able to hunt ....they are most appreacitive for the meat that i give them....i usally take around 8-10 deer per season so this helps a lot of folks....but 2 will last me form season to season... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted February 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Re: How many deer? Im seeing something here and I just gotta ask, what do the regulations in your states say about giving these deer away?Just curious, here I think, and Ill stress that because Im not sure, you can only give so many lbs of meat to a person, which dont even come close to being a full deer, and you have to give them a paper with it with all your information on it, name, phone ,adress, where the deer was killed etc... Also they have a law that you can only have a certain amount of deer meat in your freezer after a certain date, which is hard to comply with if they have you shooting a dozen deer a year.Seems like they just make things harder than they should have to be for getting rid of or storing your deer in this state Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLH Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Re: How many deer? My family of 4 usually eats 4 to 5 deer a year. Like Horst said, try to see if there is any way to give deer away. I know around my house, we can give them to homeless shelters to feed the homeless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchies Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Re: How many deer? 4 in my house. Have alot of my deer ground into hamburger with beef fat added to it and some into chili meat. Killed 2 this year that might last us thru July. So around 4 a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Re: How many deer? [ QUOTE ] Im seeing something here and I just gotta ask, what do the regulations in your states say about giving these deer away?Just curious, here I think, and Ill stress that because Im not sure, you can only give so many lbs of meat to a person, which dont even come close to being a full deer, and you have to give them a paper with it with all your information on it, name, phone ,adress, where the deer was killed etc... Also they have a law that you can only have a certain amount of deer meat in your freezer after a certain date, which is hard to comply with if they have you shooting a dozen deer a year.Seems like they just make things harder than they should have to be for getting rid of or storing your deer in this state [/ QUOTE ] I've run into some of those sort of laws in Texas before about signing some paper work, etc. We have no such laws here. Heck, we don't even tag deer here. There are a number of places where you can give meat away to donate it for the hungry too. No paper work to fill out just give it to them. Yep, this is a pretty loose state when it comes to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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