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BSK said:
Hunters always think this sounds fun. It is, for a day or two. Then it's beyond a chore. It's a nightmare really.

Below is a picture of when I worked for a group that did this professionally. Not fun at all.
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why did they kill the bucks.? thats why i handle it myself, nothing with testicles can be harmed. also why i told the farmer no more when bought. i was finding deer skulls in the field that had horn pedicles
 
redblood said:
it is farmed. the previous owner let the farmer kill 100 or so deer on it in a yr. i no longer allow it. he reduced the crop lease rate due to losses to deer but thats ok. i dont want the wrong deer shot
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I don't blame you. If I didn't have so much invested I'd sale my farm and buy something away from agriculture because the state had absolutely let the local farmers decimate the deer herd.
 
Ski said:
Sounds like a lot of work but necessary sometimes. Hopefully you find an outlet for them. I've never found many people willing to take a deer they didn't kill unless it's already butchered and packed.
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In the last 10 years, I've probably took 2 deer to every one I've shot. Maybe closer to 3-1. Fix them myself. People don't want the work, but the reward. My family loves the fixings, and it don't take long to put one up.
 
redblood said:
I have to cut my doe numbers. It has gotten out of hand. I dont really enjoy taking them, but their was over 100 deer i could see out my upstairs window at dark. Gonna cut through 10. Doubt it will make much of a difference. Anyway, cut a dozen arrows and ready to sling a few. If anyone in middle tennessee needs a deer. Let me know
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This would be an amazing opportunity for some youngsters! Especially since you don't like killing deer.
 
Rockhound said:
Give the farmers time they will buy something close to you, plant it in beans and take your deer heard back to 1983
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Absolutely. One of my best spots last year. The neighbor farmer got 150 permits. Oh he wasn't gonna shoot anything but does. Ok. Last year see 10 to 15 deer a sit. I've seen 3 all year this year.
 
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redblood said:
I have one youngster on the job. My son. And i love hunting mature bucks, just dont get alot out of killing half tame does. The killing part is definitely my least favorite part of the hunt.
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I understand that, lots of youngsters still have that bloodlust! When I was a kid I was hard on em! Didn't matter if they were half tame or not!
 
We take 20-30 a year off 3500 acres. Spread it out through the season & not too cumbersome. We don't shoot does on plots from the last weekend of ML through Christmas. Surrounded by doe sinks...
 
tellico4x4 said:
We take 20-30 a year off 3500 acres. Spread it out through the season & not too cumbersome. We don't shoot does on plots from the last weekend of ML through Christmas. Surrounded by doe sinks...
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Work and ball schedules often make me push it back to Christmas break. Also try to get a bit of cold weather so they can hang a day or 2
 
redblood said:
I have to cut my doe numbers. It has gotten out of hand. I dont really enjoy taking them, but their was over 100 deer i could see out my upstairs window at dark. Gonna cut through 10. Doubt it will make much of a difference. Anyway, cut a dozen arrows and ready to sling a few. If anyone in middle tennessee needs a deer. Let me know
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I would take a deer (or two). Can process myself. Also happy to come up and help you take some the first week in January.
 

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