How many days have you bow hunted for Deer this season?

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How many days have you bow hunted for Deer this season?

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Just sitting here pondering for a moment about deer hunting.

Due to our limited tags here in Ontario I didn't bow hunt here. I saved it for Muzzleloader instead and hunted 5 days. Can't complain I was blessed to shoot a nice mature buck on day 2.. :)

I bow hunted in Michigan for 3 days and took a nice big doe. :)

So 8 days of deer hunting I still did good and my 2018 meat supply is in good shape. To be in a meat crisis would not sit well with me..lol

Seems odd that I have alot invested in bow hunting gear for 3 sits. I hope to put more time in next year. Thats the plan!!
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I'm close to my hunting area and have been out 23 times. I'll hunt until Jan-31st when bow deer closes. I really like the late season.
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Most years those days would number 100 or more.
Due to my ongoing eye issues, this year they number three. :cry:
And that my Friends, is the absolute most frustrating thing I have had to deal with in many years.
In fact, it SUCKS Royally! :evil:

Here's Hoping they can get a handle on the damn thing following next week's (the third) open eye surgery...
Looking forward to better things... we HOPE!

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I sat 4 hours shot a nice doe opening day.
Went out for a day during the shotgun hunt trying to get my neighbors kid his first deer. Second day out he shot a nice doe 20 min out of the truck.
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Best & worse season combined for me. I have had some good sits, but passed on more small bucks than any previous years. I have seen many doe, but zero good shots presented to me. I have seen 6 nice bucks, 3 on neighboring farm, but well within killing range, did not shoot! 2 during gun season, but way before legal shooting time, and one out past where I would shoot with a crossbow. Not complaining, I had a blast! Still some time left, and glass half full! :wink:
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Not as much as most years, but we still have a month of late season hunting. I actually enjoy the late season best. :D
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xcaliber wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2017 6:32 pm
Best & worse season combined for me. I have had some good sits, but passed on more small bucks than any previous years. I have seen many doe, but zero good shots presented to me. I have seen 6 nice bucks, 3 on neighboring farm, but well within killing range, did not shoot! 2 during gun season, but way before legal shooting time, and one out past where I would shoot with a crossbow. Not complaining, I had a blast! Still some time left, and glass half full! :wink:
Man a big amen to glass half full, thats how I always approach anything especially deer hunting

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First time out sat about hour and a half and shot a buck,was out twice with Kathy and seen deer but no shot then took a buddy out and he shot a buck.So for me was out 4 times
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17 times longest mornin hunt was 4 hrs. I killed 4 wid me crossbows so far n one wid my ML. Our season stays open til Jan. 15th but i will stop on Jan. 3rd last day of our ML season, it starts Dec. 23rd. I am usin my crossbows til then
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This year I tagged out on my fifth time in the stand - 11th of October in our early bow. But since I "party hunt" and one of my buddies still has a tag we have been out another eight times since then and a couple days in the rifle season.

I do keep journals and I tend to bow hunt (for deer) 15 to 20 times during our 92 day deer season (can use bow during the entire period if you choose), and 2 or 3 days of the rifle season.

Once it gets into December I choose my days - I'm getting soft and won't freeze in the stand (even with decent gear, hand warmers, electric insoles etc).

But also fit in a solid week of moose/bear hunting (get moose tags consistently every second year) and bear only in the off year. Plus spend nine days upland bird hunting just before deer opens - but all of that is done with rifle/shotgun. I have my one archery moose (recurve) and much prefer to hunt moose with a rifle - they don't wander away as far :)
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5 times with one doe and one buck down. But, I did see a deer in range ever time out. Have until Jan 21 and would like 1 more.
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Due to ms progression with walking and not being able to hold both my crossbow or shotgun with not a stand. I hunted maybe including shotgun season if I am lucky 2 maybe 3 hours . That will change next year hopefully
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Couple years ago, when I retired, I only missed 6 days from Oct. 1st to Jan. 1st. Last few years I miss about 10 days. Very understanding wife.
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Ya sucks being in Ontario don't it. I used to get 3 tags now just one and I missed the lottery for doe tag so just bucks. I have sat over 25 days and still have a couple weeks left, would have been more but wife made me go out of country for 2 weeks. I have let over 30 deer pass in front of me waiting on a nice 10 point. Well after all that I finally got him under 20 yards last week and proceeded to bounce an arrow off his back as he ducked the string or I just shot too high ! Now he knows something is up so probably go back to being nocturnal. I would normally shoot a doe towards the end of December but not tag for one this year so could be my first year in a long time with no deer meat in the freezer :( :oops: !
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