Originally posted by Throop:
I'm just curious why would you shoot that many deer a year?? Either way great job and awesome shot!!
Mostly because it really needs to be done. That many deer per square mile is not healthy in the least. All the towns around here are looking for solutions from cull hunts using local bowhunters to hiring snipers. The landowners who give us permission want deer shot as well and if we don't we'll lose permission. Now 98% of these deer we take are does. In the areas we have been doing this the results have been great, a healthier number of deer and more bucks on the move. All of the deer are eaten as well. I put about 10 in my freezers, give a few to friends and family and help out some less fortunate families i know. The remaining few go to HHFH. Remember this was with a compound where long shots were no problem and i would spend over 100days a season on stand. All the deer were tagged and legal. Fill a doe tag, check in the does head with the state biologist and get another tag.
I start NY with 7 tags and Ct with 6 tags, before i turn any over and in NY 2 doe tags can be signed over to me by someone else. So thats 15 tags before I turn any over.
I;m sorry i mentioned this at all. I really wanted to just focus on getting this buck with my longbow and switching not only my choice in gear but my frame of mind as well for the entire season.
I understand the questioning though and thanks for the congratulations everyone!
Topic: First Trad season and another deer down! (Read 953 times)
