How Many Have You Killed?

[Andy S.]

Easy
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Stop while you are on top! Great buck, congrats! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Wobblyshot1]

I've hunted them for close to 46 years....lost my last private land a couple years ago and haven't had the opportunity since then. Never did need more than one or two so maybe 50 or so. I'll will say probably 80% were taken with a flintlock rifle.

 

[Chiflyguy]

Stop while you are on top! Great buck, congrats! Thanks for sharing.

Man, livin near 5-6 million people, it was hard finding places to hunt when you don't have big money.
Success was hard fought.

 

[Mr.Bro]

4 or 5 but I'm still learning and very young also.

 

[bowhunterfanatic]

Killed my first one in when I was 13 or 14. I've killed 120 or so since then. I remember a ton of them but have definitely forgotten some.

 

[bobbuck]

More than I should have, but less than I could have.

 

[tree_ghost]

I don't honestly know how many I've killed. I remember the first like it was yesterday. And every big buck I've been fortunate enough to take I remember crystal clear. If I had to take an educated guess I'd be around 80

 

[RockMcL]

Tried to figure it out a while back and just can't get there. First was either in 1969 or 1970 up in PA. Hunted PA, TX,GA before I settled here in TN.
Started slow here in TN but my family eat 5 to 7 a year now and most years I take over half of those.

Most memorable was while a US Army Soldier in South Korea I shot a Chinese Water Deer. The Village whose land I hunted in had a big party that night, they were probably more excited about me getting the deer than I was.

I think the whole village came and ate 1/2 that deer and a bunch of pheasants I also shot. Amazing cooking also.

 

[rem270]

I wish I would have kept track from a kid on. There were several years my dad and I would compete and 3 years in a row I killed 5 and he killed 7. But I have no clue what my count is. Since I don't know my guess is 5,602.5. Don't tell me I'm wrong because you don't know either

 

[DeerCamp]

I've got all my printouts from the TWRA system with annual harvests (before they changed the system too) so that helps. The antlers from those early years definitely blend together so I actually printed out pictures of each and wrote everything I could remember about the hunt down.

I'd have to go add them up to be sure, but between Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas it's right about 100.

 

[Deer Assassin]

11-17-2001 to current
369
53 counties in Tn

 

[timberjack86]

Probably around 200. Really took advantage of unit L when I lived in middle TN

 

[timberjack86]

11-17-2001 to current
369
53 counties in Tn

I honestly thought your total would be a lot more.

 

[7mm08]

My total is probably less than a single decent season for @Deer Assassin

But did you smile in the photos?

 

[Urban_Hunter]

Every time I see DA kill one I kill 2, just to keep him humble.

Jk, wish I new and kept up with it. I would guess around 80

 

[THEdonkey0515]

When I first started really learning and getting into it, out on my own. I shot everything that wiggled (that was legal) I just went back and looked at my TWRA check in and laughed thinking about it 3 doe and a spike from 11/6 to 11/12 in 2010 and I was dang proud to lol

In 2012 I used 2 buck tags by 9/28 and the bucks combined had 6 points lol

From about 2014 on 1-3 deer a year with a
decent buck sprinkled in every now and then, and I was satisfied.

 

[Bone Collector]

Killed my first in 93. When I really got into it early 2000s I couldn't afford to process let alone store a bunch of deer so that curbed my killing. Later I learned to process but realized it's work, so that curbed my killing. I have killed between 75-85 deer to the best of my recollection.

 

[megalomaniac]

No idea any more... I would guess I'm approaching the 100 buck mark, maybe a tad over.

 

[TITANSFAN2104]

I have never kept up with it. Im not a mass murderer and the most ive ever taken in a season is 3 i believe with a bunch of seasons with only 1 or 2 . The 0 years were usually spent chasing women. The same with my turkey seasons.
Once i got married and settled down i became a killer LOL

 

[tn24]

Around 120 the first 34 years, then maybe 10-12 the next ten years and that includes 0 in the last 2 years. As I've grown older I've got a lot more selective in what I kill.