What are your whitetail harvest expectations for a season?

Booner or bust

 

My kids would be thrilled to shoot a 150 pound deer.:D

 

I would be thrilled to shoot a 150 pound deer.

 

Given my current situation, I could not imagine not killing at least 2 does in a single season.

 

Do I expect to take a whitetail every season? No.. I do not. Not saying I don't have the chance.. but it may not be what I want anyhow.

I base the success of my season on what I have learned.. and how much further I believe I have advanced in my own deer hunting. As in... did I take another step forward and get better? If I answer yes.. than the season was a success.

I hunt both public and private.. but lean heavier on private grounds. And no.. my standards do not slip from what I want as the season dwindles.

 

Given my current situation I would be VERY disappointed if I didn't atleast kill a couple does. Especially with the time I put in.

 

I'll kill at least a couple does a season. The buck depends on if he's 120"+. If not I'll go buckless. But, there's nothing more cool than to shoot deer with your bow. And I love backstraps, sausage, deer meat etc... So yeah I'll kill at least 2 -4 a year. To be honest I see it as next to impossible to not kill at least a couple does. I don't really know how I would feel if I got skunked. Dazed and confused I suppose.

 

My plans depend on the children now days. At one time I would take 2 or 3 does and look for a decent buck, but now that my children hunt I usually stick to one doe and buck until after the kids season. If they both score then I dont need the extra meat. I am looking for a wall hanger for sure at the start of the season and I get less picky towards the close.

 

There may be a yr coming up where I don't kill a single deer. And, that'll be fine. I'm all about the "how"....and I see a yr coming where I hunt 100% from the ground. I'm just not "there", yet.

Not too different from how I turkey hunt. It's been 2 yrs. since I've drawn down on a bird. I'm fine with that, too.

The longer I do this, the less important the "how big" and the "how many" becomes.

 

With the properties I currently hunt, and their current situation, I expect to shoot a doe or three every season. When it comes to bucks, I don't expect to kill one. I don't even expect to see one I'd want to shoot.

 

Because of having a very positive attitude, I always go into each season expecting to take a good buck. However, I am well aware that it is entirely possible that I do not take a good buck every season and I'm OK with that. Like DM said, as long as I learned something and had fun, my season was a success.

If we're just talking about getting a deer, any deer, I could get one every season if I chose to. I've had the oppertunity to do so for as long as I can remember.

 

Certainly I expect to get deer. last year my first, of seriously doe hunting had a goal of 2 does and hopefully a nice buck (125+ in my area).

The does were easy enough and honestly if "deer" are your goal, this is almost a no-brainer but it takes a different mind-set than that of a pure buck hunter mentality. I learned alot in harvetsing my 2 doe.

I did take a buck that met my criteria and then later took a PA buck in rifle season..so I exceeded my expectations.

I will go into next year (this year) with the same mindset 2 doe and a 135+ (up the ante) Buck.

 

I expect to take at least one deer a year. I consider the season a success based on what I've learned in a given season and if I take a mature deer. I hunt a combination of private and public land.

 

Hunlee shoot 2 buck every year and 4 to 5 doe deer every year hear in Michigan and for out of state hunts hunlee expects to shoot the trophy class there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Maybee one or 2 of thems depending on whut state is hunt in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Some time hunlee will end up arrowing small buck in out of state hunts depending on whut being seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hunlee has arrowed up to 12 deer an one bear in one seeson befour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hunlee is not wanting to appeer as a braggard tho!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hunlee

 

I expect to take atleast 3 deer this coming season. A couple doe for the freezer and a buck that I am proud of.

 

I expect to kill at least a Doe every year and would like to take a good buck but that not always going to happen.

I had several distractions this year, my mother who lives with me and my family (wife and 2 kids). She is in poor health, she was taken to the hospital several times this past year. this prevented me from getting out as much as i ususally do. That being said i screwed up on a doe that i could have shot, but i would rather have my mother around then to killed a deer thou, but its a close 2nd.

 

I expect to shoot at least a doe a season. My goal is 2 deer a season but If I'm shooting a buck it has to be 2.5yrs+ and in my area that can be pretty tough to do!

 

I expect to shoot at least one doe and to have at least one opportunity at a buck that I would deem a trophy. I hunt nearly all private land and also consider the success of my preseason (planting, stand hanging) to determine my opinion of the season.

 

I expect for at least me or my son to shoot at least one deer. Hopefully a buck ;P

I do not live in a state that has the HIGH deer populations such as Texas, NC, Alabama etc. Those states tend to have a much more target rich environment compared to PA.

But like GregH said I try to keep it positive.

 

Hey I agree. But don't forget....there are other ways to challenge yourself!