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How many walked?

Discussion in 'Bowhunting Talk' started by early in, Dec 11, 2013.

  1. early in

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    I was curious how many folks have let legal deer walk this season, and how many? I have let 2 small bucks, 5 yearlings, and 3 adult doe (waiting for a trailing buck) walk. I've only killed one adult doe so far, and haven't seen a shooter buck. I let this little guy go by at 10 yrds on Halloween and he continued to walk right in front of my trail cam. Seems he like posing. lol
     
  2. CoveyMaster

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    Oh my gosh...I have no idea to be honest. I lost count at around 20 deer I let walk...four total the morning I shot my nine point that I got on camera before the nine came through. I expect 40'ish would be a conservative guess and about half of those were spikes, forks, buttons and I know at least a dozen were legal 8,9 and 10's that were young deer.
     
  3. Jacob1

    Jacob1 Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I let lots of deer walk this year. Actually all but one!
     
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    I let 4-5 "legal" bucks walk. In PA, that's not very descriptive, though:D
     
  5. Slugger

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    Somewhere around 15 I would say so far.
     
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    wow...ya I let quite a few walk!! I let a shooter 120-130 class bucks in Illinois walk, (on film...does that count towards anything? LOL)I let a 8 pointer back here walk 2 times...(again on film?? no? lol) countless doe fawns, a few spikes a forky...
     
  7. Jake/PA

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    Not sure really. Over 20 deer total but couldve been same deer just different days. Let 3-4 legal bucks walk. A five, six, and two eight points.
     
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    I should add in mine also...some of the small bucks and does could have been the same deer on different days. A lot of those look so similar there's no way to tell them apart. The legal bucks I counted were all different deer.
     
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    Hard to say, but I'd guess 40 plus while bow hunting.
     
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    Not very many. I think I let 2 fawns, and one legal buck (5 pt with a 12-13" spread) walk. And I passed on a legal antlerless buck. Both antlers were broken off at less than 3" making him a legal "doe". I should have shot him, but I didn't. I probably had 2-3 sub-legal bucks pass. I saw a lot, just not many in range.
     
  11. Art Vandelay

    Art Vandelay Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Dozens, more than I could keep track of.
     
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    I need to add this in too..
     
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    I passed one one small legal two year old buck over thanksgiving weekend. Over the season, I have passed on about 20 legal does, but only because they did not come into range. I took the one doe that came into range. I haven't seen any shooter bucks.
     
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    74 bucks with a bow, 107 gun bucks. Baldies? hundreds. They have to be over 140 or mortally wounded for me.
     
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    2 mature does w/ fawns
    3 fawns of previously mentioned does
    2 other fawns
    4 yearling does
    3 spikes
    2 sub-adult bucks (6-7 pt)

    I've shot 1 mature 9 pt and 1 yearling doe.
     
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    I have no clue. Probably around 30 bucks and maybe close to 100 does/fawns.
     
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    This was my first year bowhunting... I passed 5 smaller bucks and about 10 fawns/does.

    I took an adult doe.

    During gun season I passed on 4 bucks and about 10 does.
     
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    Early in? The other day I was thinking about names I don't see anymore, you were one of them. Where the heck you been?

    I've let about a dozen deer pass. All spikes, forks and buttons except for one decent 8pt.
     
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    1 fork buck. I was a guest and was told wall hangers only.
     
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    All of them
     

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