On average how many.

Chromebuck · September 17, 2014, 01:08:00 PM

I have harvested a moose six out of the last eight years. We are allowed 3 blacktail deer apiece of either sex after November. This may seem like a lot of meat for a family of three, but it is all we eat for meat. Given a successful draw we have mixed caribou, dall sheep, mtn. goat and free range bison. Then there's the fish and crab...Nevermind! Each year we seem to make more and more burger, jerky and canned meat. I can and do drive to the store for groceries, but not for their outrageously priced meat. I read articles that say meat prices have skyrocketed nationwide.

Up here it's a lifestyle. I can't say we're the fanatical prepper types, but we do have volcanos, earthquakes, tsunamis and crazy weather that can cut you off the supply chain. So it is the sensible and responsible thing to have some level of preparedness.

ron w · September 17, 2014, 01:24:00 PM

I get a deer [1] every 3rd or 4th year.....sometimes. Last few have been with firearms. I bow hunt a lot more now and see more deer than ever. I no longer hunt in the Adirondacks and my deer encounters have been much better. Last year I missed a nice buck in Missouri and a doe in N.Y. with the bow. Last shot I had prior to that with a recurve was in 1971. Maybe this will be the year.....I can only hope......hey, I am not a quitter.

DaveT1963 · September 17, 2014, 01:49:00 PM

2-3 lately - use to get 5-6 a year when I had a larger family

akaboomer · September 17, 2014, 02:38:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Dave Lay:
i normally average 3-4, we can kill 2 bucks and up to 4 does... i only hunt with with a stickbow of some sort, we do have a 5 month archery season..
wow you Pa. guys have it bad.

Same here.

Chris

kennym · September 17, 2014, 02:47:00 PM

I take 1 anymore unless a needy family wants one. My wife is allergic to red meat now and boys moved away after they grew up, so don't require as much.

Does let me look at more deer and kind of pick and choose....

If I don't see several deer per day, I feel like I messed up somewhere. Some of you all have it rough.

PS- I live in ummmmmm , I forgot!! :D

centaur · September 17, 2014, 02:48:00 PM

A couple of deer a year. Too bad the elk don't play fair, because I like elk in the freezer a lot more than deer.

Rock 'N Bow · September 17, 2014, 03:50:00 PM

One or two, except on the even numbered years.

trick00 · September 17, 2014, 03:56:00 PM

The legal limit at my house is 30 deer, family of 5 with 3 hungry boys. We put 9 deer (3 trad) and 2 hogs in the freezer last year and are running low now. Usually run out of meat before season starts.

GreyGoose · September 17, 2014, 04:05:00 PM

1/3

ChuckC · September 17, 2014, 04:28:00 PM

well, what are you calling average ? Average over my life ? Over all of my bowhunting years? The last three years? Or just last year ?

For a short time, my extended family refrains from eating deer meat so my wife and I can only go thru one a year. No sense killing more. Normally, the number would be one or two higher.

ChuckC

JoeM · September 17, 2014, 05:03:00 PM

My average in my traditional career is 2.33 per year. Joe

LoneWolf73 · September 17, 2014, 05:53:00 PM

Average 4-6 a year. Last year was great as I shot 8. We eat mostly deer meat and I share a deer or 2 with friends. Also barter with neighbor for veggies and fruit out of his garden.

typical2 · September 17, 2014, 06:13:00 PM

4. Split between longbow and long guns

typical2 · September 17, 2014, 06:15:00 PM

Dbl

varmint101 · September 17, 2014, 07:22:00 PM

Average bow is 1 a year. Average altogether would be say 1.5 maybe 2. Last year I was blessed with 4 altogether. My kids are getting bigger and thus eating more!

September 17, 2014, 07:27:00 PM

3 usually! We eat deer meat all year long!

Bisch

katman · September 17, 2014, 08:19:00 PM

With my son off to college and a wife who does not eat venison I am down to 2 per year unless a real good buck presents then its fill the freezer. Used to be 4-5. If someone asks for deer meat then I will try for more. Lots of deer, a long season and liberal harvest policy by the state. I feel fortunate reading the posts from some of those up north.

Florida lime · September 17, 2014, 08:23:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Wannabe1:
I'll let you know after I get my first deer ever!

I'm in this club also.

J.Williams · September 17, 2014, 08:55:00 PM

2 or 3 a year.

Tedd · September 17, 2014, 09:45:00 PM

I'm with you Pennsylvania hunters. It can be hard to get one shot per season. Buck or doe. Then again if you have some private property you might easily kill 2-3 a year. Personally I average about 1.5 per year. I'm not picky when hunting PA bucks. If it is a legal buck I'm going to try to shoot it! I have hunted 3 states in past years and once killed 5 deer in one year but that is rare for me.
I love the big woods hunting in northern PA but killing a buck is pretty tough. I have had lucky years and lean years. My favorite hunts are public land in the mountains of PA.
I have also been lucky to experience Wyoming a few times where I saw over 100 deer per day and probably 40 buck. Last year I killed a Wyoming buck and Pennsylvania doe with a Black Widow recurve. Then a Pennsylvania mountain buck with a rifle.
Those 3 deer deer got used up surprisingly quickly. And it's just me, wife and daughter! My daughter ate deer of some kind almost every day during basketball season the last two years. Now she has a Division 1 scholarship to play basketball and she is lean and strong. I am on a mission to kill a deer and send her some canned or vacuum packed meals.
Tedd