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2024 Deer Season

Started by WV Sawmiller, September 20, 2024, 01:48:45 PM

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WV Sawmiller

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trapper

Today was the last day of our deer season.  Had to rough it today.  Two hours before closing my heater ran out of propane.  Shortly after that the one burner stove that heats my coffee and warms my sausage also ran out of propane. Didnt see anything but we have enough venison from earlier deer.
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ron barnes

I was looking to get a doe for some more freezer meat but that didn't happen.  Never saw a deer the last 2 days of SC season.  We have plenty so it is no big deal.  Guess the wife's nephew won't get quite so much meat.

WV Sawmiller

   We had corned deer hash last night. 4 Irish taters diced with an onion, fried brown and a half pint of canned, corned deer stirred in. It is so tender it breaks up easily and was very good. Simple to use and no waste for me and my wife.

   I have plenty put up and gave away the backstraps and tenderloins off the last 2 I shot. Actually I corned and canned the second one for our housecleaner. She said she wanted a deer to put up but I ended up doing all the deboning and canning one batch of stew meat for her and 2 batches of the corned cuts. I deboned the shoulders and canned them for our use for future hash and BBQ use.
Howard Green
WM LT35HDG25(2015) , 2011 4WD F150 Ford Lariat PU, Kawasaki 650 ATV, Stihl 440 Chainsaw, homemade logging arch (w/custom built rear log dolly), JD 750 w/4' wide Bushhog brand FEL

Dad always said "You can shear a sheep a bunch of times but you can only skin him once

Paul Inabinet

Got two in the cooler to process will let them hang for 10 days made lard today and salted bacon to get ready to smoke it 10 days from today and 5 hours with pecan and oak the price for bacon is $6.99 per LB mine comes in at $1.50 per LB             

SwampDonkey

Can't even get bacon by the lb here, it's 100 grams light. They still want the $7.00 though.  ffcheesy ffcheesy ffcheesy
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Tom K

Quote from: YellowHammer on December 23, 2024, 07:39:28 AMI guess I am just surprised at some of the pretty short and restrictive seasons you guys have in some states that I would think would have tons of deer and very long seasons because you have tremendous croplands or thick woods.   
 
In some states it's all about the money, Ohio being one of them. It's more about promoting Ohio as a big buck state and getting out of state hunters to come than actually regulating the deer population.

We have a long archery season, from the end of September- February. But only 9 days of restricted firearm plus 2 days of muzzle loader. We are only allowed one antlered deer per year, with a max. of 6 total deer. Each of our 88 county also has a max. per county. My home county is a 3 deer county. I shot my 3 during the week long firearm season, so I'm done for the year. 

I can, and have, gotten damage control permits from the ODNR for crop damage. Typically they will issue 6 tags which must be used before archery season starts in September. Restrictions on those are does only and the meat must be harvested, plus I had to call the game warden and sheriff before I hunted every time.

Yes, even though we have a record harvest so far this year the population is still increasing. The 3 I can shoot don't even put a det in the population in my area. The neighbors are watching dozens of deer a day waiting for the right one while judging me for harvesting a pair of does and a yearling buck. Personally I would like to see my state ease some regulations on landowners. If my wife or kids wanted to hunt they could also tag 3 deer each, but they don't so I'm limited to what I can tag alone.

JD Guy

What I see here is a lot of "buck mania". One of my sons acreage borders with two people who "only shoot bucks", I think they are idiots. We have an abundance of deer here in the upstate of SC but due to development they are getting squeezed into much less habitat. Our family that hunts our place have a rule (mine) that nothing but 1 buck 6 points or better each. Does are plentiful and I wouldn't mind if they took 3 each (annual limit without extra purchased doe tags). If we over harvest the bucks we are limiting future opportunities for the larger animals. I haven't hunted myself for the last several years but our oldest grandson is happy to harvest a nice doe for us if we want it.


SwampDonkey

My grandfather shot his last deer in 1984. Days drive from home to get to the area. Wow just over 40 years. But that was the easy part. He never hunted near roads, walked in the bush. We dragged that deer across a couple beaver ponds besides through the woods a ways. It wasn't real far away from the road but far enough.  ffcheesy  In his younger years, carrying a deer or dragging it out was nothing. Things ain't the same when your 77. I remember him saying to mother, 'if you want some deer meat come help drag it out'. Never said that before. I figured the old man was played out just thinking about dragging on that deer. ffcheesy  It was 240 lb 10 point. 
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1 Thessalonians 5:21

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