Posted on 12/09/2020 10:09:22 AM PST by w1n1
True dat but at least they don't bounce when they run..........LOL!
“Michigan has some monsters that look more like Mule Deer.”
My son shot a buck in bow season this year, 9 point with a 23 1/2” spread that weighed 215# dressed.
The bad part is the day before he shot that one his wife saw a much bigger one fighting with that one, and kicking his ass!
Yesterday my buddy showed me a video of a guy in a tree stand shooting a whitetail over and over again with a nerf gun. Darn thing just stood there.
Whitetail hunting sure is alot different than mule deer hunting......
The last time I went deer hunting was about 20 years ago. I took a 140 pound buck and then had to drag him just under 7 miles through the woods to my car. That was just too much work.
I recently got a 200 lb buck and a 130 lb doe. They aren’t little blacktail, and thery’re not muley’s. Remember everything is bigger in TX.
I don’t know why New York was left out.
“Hunters in New York harvested an estimated 224,190 deer during the 2019-20 hunting seasons, State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced today.Mar 30, 2020”
Not as big as Texas, by a lot! Not too many deer in NY City.
Where I live, it is filthy with deer. Many with YUGE racks.
Many counties in NY have large, healthy, managed deer population. I see deer EVERY DAY! Many times in my YARD! (I do have a big wooded yard, directly across the road from the State Park (where bow hunting is legal).
State Bird: Turkey Vulture (to eat the countless dead deer on the road)
I trhought bucks tended to have baby mommas, not families.
Come to our deck in Lilburn, GA and shoot a deer while drinking a beer. GA is lousy with deer. The limit is 12 deer per season, two per day.
Iowa has trophy bucks galore. The author of the article is right though....difficult for out-of-staters to get tags.
Heard in a sporting goods store:
“I got me a ten point buck yesterday...”
“oh yeah??? What did you get ‘im with?”
“My 97 chevy pickup....”
If you had to walk nearly 7 miles to where you hunted, you needed to find another place to hunt...
Wisconsin. Wisconsin. Wisconsin. Wisconsin. And, Wisconsin!
But hunt in the southern part of the state; corn fed versus pine-fed makes a HUGE difference in the meat. :)
Being a Georgian and a deer hunter, I’m in heaven. We start with archery in Mid-September, a week of muzzle-loader, then firearms from late October until mid-January. We are allowed 12 deer, 2 bucks ( one of which can be anything, and one that must have at least 4 points on one side ) and 10 does. My freezer is always happy.
No lotteries for tags, no stupid 3-week seasons, no bullcrap.
I can’t believe Indiana isn’t mentioned. Pulled a 10 and a 12 point out of my front yard this year, and a doe in between that went 220#, biggest one I’ve ever bagged. No pine trees here, just big whitetails fed on corn and beans.
Course what I do isn’t even remotely called hunting, we call it harvesting. I just sit in the living room and when I see one worth shooting I step out the doorwall and let them have it.
.45/70 with 325 grain Hornady Leverevolution, not a deer has taken more than 5 steps with that combination so far.
The 5 Best States to Hunt White Tail Deer
Question: What vehicle is best for hitting deer while driving at night?
Drive the 30 mile stretch between Aztec NM to Durango Co. a few times at night. You don't need a rifle, they'll throw themselves at your vehicle. Grandson hit 4 the first 2 weeks he had to drive that run for work till he changed routes.
What states do not allow using dogs?
PA.
Thanks!
I might move there.
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