Let's Talk Deer Hunting Seasons - Page 2

hogdogs · October 22, 2008, 01:19 PM

Oh yeah I forgot to mention that we have open turkey season for most of our gen. gun season and the farm I will be hunting on has some resident birds so I may get some of them as well to mix up the diet a bit.
So with any luck I will fill up many freezers with venison, pork and turkeys.
Brent

Brian Pfleuger · October 22, 2008, 01:26 PM

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we can bag about 180 per year

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So, you could legally shoot 150 bucks

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And I had killed 15, one buddy smoked 19, and the other 14.

I HATE you all!

I thought we were kickin' butt with 6 tags a piece!

jimbo_4 · October 22, 2008, 08:15 PM

I too live in SW Michigan, only shotguns down here for deer season. I do like the long bow season, I wouldn't mind seeing gun season last another week. I have no problem shooting a young deer, the one I shot last year was maybe 2 yrs. 5 point (2 left, 3 right). It tasted great! Unlike the old, old doe I shot about 5 yrs ago, had to be at least 8 yrs, biggest deer I ever shot and it was disgusting!!! :barf::barf::barf: Although it would be better if we could bait this year, but no go.

deanadell · October 23, 2008, 08:19 AM

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I HATE you all!

I thought we were kickin' butt with 6 tags a piece!

Don't be Hatin'

Besides.....it will take 10 SC deer to equal the body weight of 6 NY Deer........

simonkenton · October 23, 2008, 09:39 AM

Besides.....it will take 10 SC deer to equal the body weight of 6 NY Deer....

That is about right. The Deer of the Southeast are small.
I have been hunting Georgia and NC deer for 30 years.
A few years back, I made a trip up to northern Minnesota in January.
I was driving north out of Duluth, on that beautiful highway that goes along Lake Superior.
The snow was 3 feet deep.
I was astonished to see 4 or 5 elk grazing in the yard of a house.
I kept seeing more and more elk grazing in the yards.
I stopped and took a good look at these animals.
They were not elk, but giant whitetail deer!
These deer were twice the size of the deer I had been shooting in Georgia.

kametc · October 24, 2008, 12:08 AM

Montana deer and elk general season opens this coming Sunday. We are right in the middle of the antelope season. Archery season is over. Elk numbers are pretty high and there are alot of surplus mule deer tags available up north where my daughter is living. You can have up to 7 Mule deer doe tags. (I've got two) And the bucks in middle Montana just keep getting bigger.

Ken

fbrown333@suddenlink · October 24, 2008, 12:32 AM

I live in the north western part of the state. You can shoot 7 or so depending on if you hunt bow,muzzleloader and rifle. My only complaint is the muzzleloader season comes in after the high power rifle season

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October 24, 2008, 12:08 AM	#31
kametc Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2007 Location: S W , Montana Posts: 206	Montana deer and elk general season opens this coming Sunday. We are right in the middle of the antelope season. Archery season is over. Elk numbers are pretty high and there are alot of surplus mule deer tags available up north where my daughter is living. You can have up to 7 Mule deer doe tags. (I've got two) And the bucks in middle Montana just keep getting bigger. Ken __________________ "Allons" Blackhorse Troopers !

October 24, 2008, 12:32 AM	#32
fbrown333@suddenlink Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2007 Location: West Virginia Posts: 240	West Virginia I live in the north western part of the state. You can shoot 7 or so depending on if you hunt bow,muzzleloader and rifle. My only complaint is the muzzleloader season comes in after the high power rifle season. __________________ Accuracy over volume

October 22, 2008, 01:19 PM	#26
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	Oh yeah I forgot to mention that we have open turkey season for most of our gen. gun season and the farm I will be hunting on has some resident birds so I may get some of them as well to mix up the diet a bit. So with any luck I will fill up many freezers with venison, pork and turkeys. Brent

October 22, 2008, 08:15 PM	#28
jimbo_4 Member Join Date: October 12, 2008 Location: South Lyon, MI Posts: 50	I too live in SW Michigan, only shotguns down here for deer season. I do like the long bow season, I wouldn't mind seeing gun season last another week. I have no problem shooting a young deer, the one I shot last year was maybe 2 yrs. 5 point (2 left, 3 right). It tasted great! Unlike the old, old doe I shot about 5 yrs ago, had to be at least 8 yrs, biggest deer I ever shot and it was disgusting!!! :barf::barf::barf: Although it would be better if we could bait this year, but no go.

October 23, 2008, 09:39 AM	#30
simonkenton Senior Member Join Date: April 25, 2008 Posts: 891	Besides.....it will take 10 SC deer to equal the body weight of 6 NY Deer.... That is about right. The Deer of the Southeast are small. I have been hunting Georgia and NC deer for 30 years. A few years back, I made a trip up to northern Minnesota in January. I was driving north out of Duluth, on that beautiful highway that goes along Lake Superior. The snow was 3 feet deep. I was astonished to see 4 or 5 elk grazing in the yard of a house. I kept seeing more and more elk grazing in the yards. I stopped and took a good look at these animals. They were not elk, but giant whitetail deer! These deer were twice the size of the deer I had been shooting in Georgia.