Deer Camp Beer

[Yooper]

Yooper, I have never meet you, but the more I read about you I freakin love you. My wife hunts with me, bow and gun. She only has one deer thus far and missed on one this archery, but she is determined. I think you two would get along well except the quality beer part, particularly anything with hops.

I would love to meet her! She sounds great, except for not loving hoppy beers. Here's a little Yooper deer camp music for you:

 

[motobrewer]

Deer are about like rabbits now. Rabbits that run in large herds.

Instead of just shooting the first buck you see, you can wait for a REALLY nice one now.

Or, if you live in Tennessee, you can shoot about 28 deer per year legally.

(Even with expanded limits and seasons, the herds keep getting bigger)

not where we hunt, near antigo, wi

we didn't see a single buck opening weekend.

 

[CoalCracker]

Deer a a bit scarce where we are too. PA isn't the best for deer unless you own your own land. The Game Commision has everything screwed up. I still get up nice and early to go out. Spend the day until dark, come in, shower, and start drinking.

 

[bmud0314]

Where I hunt in western NY, I always get my 2 doe tags (you can get 0, 1, or 2 depending on how big the herd is in your area). When November 1 rolls around, you can go back and get any left over tags that have not been handed out yet. I will probably get 2 more. Thats on top of the gun (buck) and archery (either sex) tags. WNY is very productive in terms of deer, the DEC is trying to get the herd under control.

 

[motobrewer]

Where I hunt in western NY, I always get my 2 doe tags (you can get 0, 1, or 2 depending on how big the herd is in your area). When November 1 rolls around, you can go back and get any left over tags that have not been handed out yet. I will probably get 2 more. Thats on top of the gun (buck) and archery (either sex) tags. WNY is very productive in terms of deer, the DEC is trying to get the herd under control.

when i first started hunting about 10 years ago it was like that here. you'd get your license and they'd give you a handful of tags.

now you get one. and, where we hunt, you're lucky if you use it. further south, central WI has herds of deer.

 

[Zamial]

when i first started hunting about 10 years ago it was like that here. you'd get your license and they'd give you a handful of tags.

now you get one. and, where we hunt, you're lucky if you use it. further south, central WI has herds of deer.

SO true. unfortunately the CWD is in the area with the deer and spreading.

The mismanagement of the herd by the DNR here in WI is legendary. I really do not wish to sour this nice thread with my thoughts on that. I will close with this thought for ALL the deer hunters...

The wild turkey population here is closely watched and tags are issued based on the numbers. It is a proven fact that when to many hens are harvested in 1 year, that they will see up to a 20% overall population decrease over the next 2-4 years. The same logic can be applied to deer...

So anyways, I seriously wish everyone a safe and happy hunt, May the 30 point buck walk right past your stand while you sleep and into my cross-hairs.