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Post by Sandbur on Mar 8, 2017 19:59:37 GMT -6
How many bucks can you say I could have killed per season over the years? How many sure dunk opportunities, with the weapon you had in your hands.
i average two per year and think the maximum has been 4 in a year. Many years are only one.
I feel that the key to passing young bucks is knowing you have a reasonable chance of seeing another buck during season,, or in some cases having a doe tag for meat for the table.
Last year I saw three bucks and my wife shot one of those while I was sitting with her. I passed on the other two.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Mar 8, 2017 20:11:02 GMT -6
Just bucks, or good bucks?
Just bucks, I will say 25-30 different bucks easy. But i hunt for 80-90 days in a season also.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 8, 2017 21:01:23 GMT -6
That's a tough question...
Just last fall, guessing I had 7-8 bucks in range in MN. Iowa a bunch, but that's a whole different hunt.
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Post by Catscratch on Mar 8, 2017 21:20:59 GMT -6
I bow hunt all of November and December and consider it slow if I don't have a buck or two in chip shot range per hunt. The total number of bucks depends on how many properties I'm hunting. On our place probably 10 or so different bucks in a season, my parents I'll see just a hand full of different bucks, another place I see up to 15 or 20 different bucks.
One buck tag per yr so I'm selective. I average shooting a deer about every other yr.
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Post by sd51555 on Mar 8, 2017 21:45:25 GMT -6
My stats would be terribly pathetic. That's why I'm strongly considering bow license only this year, and getting my time in that stand mid October. That seems to be when all the plots get shit hammered.
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Post by Coda1 on Mar 8, 2017 21:51:30 GMT -6
The way I shoot there is no such thing as a sure thing. I have twice completely missed a deer standing broadside at 20 yards with a rifle. It's been over twenty years since those two so at least I'm getting better. I would guess about one or two bucks a year that an average hunter wouldn't miss. About once every five years I have a chance at something bigger then a yearling.
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Post by biglakebass on Mar 8, 2017 22:39:04 GMT -6
Total bucks of all ages within 40 yds last year that I saw.... All weapons.
I would say 6 grand total.
Bucks I saw at all distances total. About 10, maybe 12. I know for a fact the most bucks I saw on a single sit was 2.
I need to look at my logs for total sits.
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Post by Reagan on Mar 9, 2017 4:51:22 GMT -6
I would say I typically have 5 to 15 bucks in bow range per average season. Most are 1 and 2 yo but I usually get a nice one or two in range each year.
But bow range does not make a slam dunk opportunity. I almost never gun hunt.
I haven't killed a buck in the last 5 years or so.
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 9, 2017 7:26:23 GMT -6
All I can say is wow.
I must be a piss poor hunter. I hunt an average of about 14 days per year starting at Halloween. Pretty sure opportunities are about 2 per year with many at one per year. I am talking about any buck with antlers including yearlings, but not fawns. I have hunted Minnesota for about 50 years and there have been many , many years with only one yearling buck being seen within range. I used to bow hunt many more days, starting in early season, but still 4 bucks over both rifle and bow season was a very good year.
I feel the number of opportunites is a major factor in being in favor or against yearling buck protection.
I had noted that Stu posted he had one opportunity last year. Quite similar to about 25% or more of my years. No doe tag and it is hard to keepup interest if yearling bucks are protected from my point of view. (Bow, I could shoot a doe. My only deer for the year.)
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Post by smsmith on Mar 9, 2017 7:32:39 GMT -6
I'm getting to the point where I'd support APRs, even with 1-2 shot opportunities at bucks a year. In my area, the deer herd is never going to be allowed to be the size of what many folks in MN get to have. I may as well support some rule that might (maybe, possibly) result in better chances at bucks I'd consider shooting.
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Post by Catscratch on Mar 9, 2017 7:34:56 GMT -6
All I can say is wow. I must be a piss poor hunter. I hunt an average of about 14 days per year starting at Halloween. Pretty sure opportunities are about 2 per year with many at one per year. I am talking about any buck with antlers including yearlings, but not fawns. I have hunted Minnesota for about 50 years and there have been many , many years with only one yearling buck being seen within range. I used to bow hunt many more days, starting in early season, but still 4 bucks over both rifle and bow season was a very good year. I feel the number of opportunites is a major factor in being in favor or against yearling buck protection. I had noted that Stu posted he had one opportunity last year. Quite similar to about 25% or more of my years. No doe tag and it is hard to keepup interest if yearling bucks are protected from my point of view. (Bow, I could shoot a doe. My only deer for the year.) You're probably a better hunter than I am, just live in a different place. I've always said I'll never move to another state (even when I was a little kid) because of the hunting and fishing I have here.
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Post by badbrad on Mar 9, 2017 7:36:24 GMT -6
This is only for my current land. Not before I purchased it.
2011 - 1 but only hunted gun season no bowhunting 2012 - 2 2013 - 3 2014 - 3 2015 - 7 2016 - 1 but only because I was done after 2 bowhunts and was tagged out on Halloween. Had quite a few more on camera after.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 9, 2017 7:46:20 GMT -6
I must be a piss poor hunter. Nope. We live and hunt in a state with piss poor deer management. The hunting we could have would be on par with just about anywhere in the U.S....if our deer managers were interested in such a hunting experience.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 9, 2017 7:57:51 GMT -6
Art-- I'd encourage you to bow hunt (if you like to archery hunt). Most of my shots come with the bow in hand.
Early season, then just prior to the rut, then an occasional opportunity in the late season.
I might just give let the shotgun stay home. I've just got too many slug hunters on my borders. For the most part the deer are pretty undisturbed until gun season.
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Post by MN Slick on Mar 9, 2017 7:59:27 GMT -6
Location, location, location.
I'd have to look at my records but I'm sure it's 15-20 plus bucks per year.
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