Six deer

Larry from MD · Nov 27, 2010

WE got 6 deer on the farm this morning. I saw 7 more so i guess we have not thinned them much yet.

RayP(MI) · Nov 27, 2010

Saw six or more on the other side of the 40a that I was hunting tonite. Too far to shoot in the fading light. Guess we"ve got some work to do too. Rifle season almost over, guess we"ll have to dig out the smoke poles for the muzzle season, 3rd to the 19th.

tjdub · Nov 28, 2010

It seems like to opposite in SE MN. This year was the first of a 3-year pilot program where you can only shoot an 8 point buck or bigger (4pt on one side). Towards the end of the season here and we haven't seen any does or fawns, there's just small bucks left. Very different from past years where we would see many does toward the end of the season. This year, we're just waving at 6 pointers, fork bucks, and even small 8 pointers as they walk by and there are seemingly NO antlerless deer left. I shot a "barely legal" 8 pointer today, but in a party of 10 hunters, we've seen ZERO antlerless deer since opening weekend of our season (last of 3 firearm seasons), just a ton of small bucks.

All fall, everyone's been gunning down the does and fawns, where in the past the early season hunters have mostly been taking smaller bucks. I think we're going to see a major decrease in deer population next year.

On the other hand, there were way too many deer to begin with, so maybe it is a step in the right direction. Corn growers rejoice

Dave from MN · Nov 28, 2010

MNDNR has allowed to many antlerless to be shot the last 5 years. In my area, we have a lottery for does, across the hwy 95( 1 mile north) they can shoot 5, stupid. MNDNR is all screwed up on the deer season. It's all about liscense sales now.

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