24yrs old an probably 200ish, lots of MLD tags filled, every time i pull the trigger whether it be with a bow or rifle I still get that feeling everyone gets, that never gets old.
My grandfather lived his entire 89 years in South Texas and he died still as mad at them as he was at 15. We all set down with him towards the end and tried to estimate how many deer he had killed. He had 10 years where he killed over 50 per year, a couple of those were over 75. We guessed in his other 68 years he averaged about 20 a year. He took 7 his last year of hunting at 88. We came up with just over 1,900 deer in his lifetime. Don't even get me started on number of javalinas. He gutted, cleaned and packaged all of those deer, plus many more for friends and family.
I have never met another man as mad at them as John Marion Thompson.
That's awesome. I've killed about 65 or 66 and hope I never get tired of being mad at them.
Last year was my first year, and I took a button buck with my shotgun. I'm going to try my best to harvest a doe and a buck to fill my tags this year. Hopefully, I'm gonna go out again on saturday morning and whack one with my bow!
In the 7 years I've been hunting I have shot 4 deer, so far 0 with a bow... I know I know I'm working on it, going bow only this season
For the first 3 years I hunted we only went to a place that had a no doe policy and just never saw bucks when I was out. I have since learned that I think a lot of that is scent and noise coming in. Using a headlamp to walk in isn't always best, have definitely seen more when I just took my time and slowly walked in w/o light
I never really thought about keeping track. I'd say upwards of 40 if I had to guess. I took a decade off for stupid reasons, so I lost some time there. I sure am glad that for the last 8 years I have been able to enjoy life again. But I have been a little pickier since I took up hunting again, and I didn't start bowhunting until 5 years ago. Still looking for my first bow buck...I'll be strictly bowhunting at the farm this year, so unless I'm invited somewhere, it's bow or nothing
My grandfather lived his entire 89 years in South Texas and he died still as mad at them as he was at 15. He gutted, cleaned and packaged all of those deer, plus many more for friends and family.
I have never met another man as mad at them as John Marion Thompson.
I love it when people share the bounty! I have family in Iowa that do the same.
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