2019 Deer Season

[Rookie]

Basically Your allowed 1 buck and two anterless but your breaking the law if you shoot them at night. The landowner needs to apply for depredation tags for you to legally hunt the deer without spending money on a license. He can kill all the deer he wants on landowner permits but they need to be checked in to be legal. if you use his landowner permits, again your breaking the law. It's up to you but but careful, The CO's today are "cops" and you could loose your equipment, hunting privileges etc.

Steve

I have zero interest in breaking the law.

 

[boman]

I have zero interest in breaking the law.

---Good Call---truth be known---squirrels, groundhogs, raccoons, birds etc do as much if not more damage to crops than deer and that ain't much in the big picture of things. Nothing against farmers, some of my best friends farm, but they seem to be misguided sometimes.

Steve

 

[zbiddle91]

2 in 2 days im good for the week then go backout this weekend.

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[spencer rifle]

OK, I think I have my confusion cleared up. How many deer can be taken depends on what is being used, and how many licenses I have. I have 2 antlerless on my bundle in a 2 bonus county, so that's all I can take with that. I can get 1 more antlered on the bundle during firearms. If I don't get one during firearms, I can get an antlered in muzzleloader or archery on my bundle.

If I get a buck this week during firearms but want more, I can:
Get a separate muzzleloader license and take another antlerless.
Get another archery license (maximum of two) and take one on each license for up to two more antlerless.

Do I have that right? I talked to the wildlife hotline and a local CO and that's what I understand to be true. Don't want to run afoul of the law, but do want to do my best to help the landowners reduce their herd.

 

[Hookeye]

I bought an archery tag and a firearms tag.
Shot my buck w gun so now my archery tag is doe only.

If I buy a bonus/doe tag, it isn't weapon specific. But I can't use a bonus tag in some areas (like Winamac F&W area).
I can shoot a doe there, under my bow specific tag, or a MZ specific tag.

But for me to handgun or rifle hunt antlerless this weekend, I gotta buy a bonus tag (private ground).

LOL

Just had tooth extracted so no bow or rifle..........its handgun only for me this weekend..............under bonus tag.

 

[Rookie]

I bought the deer bundle for $65. How many does can I take?

 

[jagee]

I bought the deer bundle for $65. How many does can I take?

3 deer. 1 antlered 2 antlerless, or 3 antlerless.

 

[Hookeye]

I dont need more than two deer and my closest spot doesnt have the does.

Might end up buying three tags to put two deer in the freezer LOL

Bundle is flexible.

But i buy a bow specific tag figuring I can get the job done....year after year ( even when i dont ).

Stubborn, wishful thinking or stupid?
Eh its all the same.

 

[Michigan Slim]

I dropped a nice buck opening day. My daughter was with me as always. She was as excited as I was. It has 5 on one side and three on the other. A fighter he was.
Not to be outdone, my daughter dropped an 11 pointer, 213 pounds Wednesday night.

 

[slipnotz]

Slim, why does she always beat you? Nice job to both of you.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Slim, why does she always beat you? Nice job to both of you.

That's not true! She ALMOST always beats me! I still rule ice fishing!

 

[DEC]

I almost did not hunt this morning. The grind of the past 4 weeks of hunting 5 and 6 days a week was wearing me down. I didn't like the forecast either. But I told myself to get up and go. I settled into the stand right at about legal time. Zero activity for the first hour. Then I looked behind me and saw something. I honestly thought it was a squirrel or racoon that just caught my eye. But as I studdied what I could just make out as an animal behind some trees, a glimps of antler. Then he stepped into an opening where I could see his full rack. I've been hunting this farm since September 15th and this was the nicest buck that I had seen all year. Finally at 40 yards he turned and gave me a broadside shot. My 450BM barked and after a short 40 sprint he was down. I used my Reduction Zone buck tag on him as I had filled a Reduction Zone doe tag in October. Tank of a body, good mass, and a beauty of a 10 pointer.

 

[Hookeye]

---Good Call---truth be known---squirrels, groundhogs, raccoons, birds etc do as much if not more damage to crops than deer and that ain't much in the big picture of things. Nothing against farmers, some of my best friends farm, but they seem to be misguided sometimes.

Steve

My farmers might be opinionated, but they know what's doing what.
Got access back in the day to smoke chucks, before the yotes showed up.
Now if you shoot a place down, it stays down, due to the yotes.
Groundhog hunting is IMHO a bygone sport.

 

[Mgderf]

My farmers might be opinionated, but they know what's doing what.
Got access back in the day to smoke chucks, before the yotes showed up.
Now if you shoot a place down, it stays down, due to the yotes.
Groundhog hunting is IMHO a bygone sport.

Need to shoot more 'yotes.

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

1st day in VA was a bust. I saw a doe around 0720, raised up to put cross hairs on her and she did an about-face back to the woods and didn't give me a shot. The other 4 guys I was with saw nothing. Rain rolled in about around 1300 and settled in quick. Soaked thru and wet and out of the woods by 1545. Spent the last hour of good shooting light sitting on the porch of the house looking down the path. Beer, margaritas, and Mexican for dinner, crapper, and bed. Day 1 in the books.

 

[DapperDan]

Had lots of activity yesterday mid day, was able to take this guy around 1:30

 

[JimH]

2019 Ripley County

[/URL]IMG_20191119_114046_1 by Jim Hankins, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[srad]

Man, lotta nice bucks here! You guys are knocking down some toads.
Finishing up the euro-mount on my small 9-pointer today.

 

[Hookeye]

Went and fetched my deer from processor.
Saw a nice buck out a ways in picked beans, w 6 does.
130-140 class.

Got a fair chunk o meat off my buck. But a lot of it burger.
Thankfully they do a food pantry deal so I left that there.

Brats and sausage, steaks. Just a bit of burger for jerky.
Proly buy another small chest freezer this week.
Women folk have junk in the fridge/freezer and other small chest freezer in garage.
Proly have mine just for game.

With no other storage avail right now, can't justify shooting another deer.
Better buy a freezer before Thanksgiving LOL

Back when I was more poor, cut my own deer.
I aint rich, but this deer worked out to be less than 4 bucks a pound, with specialty stuff made, all gas for hunting/practice, ammo and tag included.

Now we aint gonna talk about how much my next deer will cost, since I bought a stand and steps ($200). and hunted 5 times.
Shoot one and processed am out 300. Be about 6 bucks a #.
Assuming the stand and stuff is worthless after usage, which it isn't.

Cheap and good eats, no matter how ya slice it.

Even my ol lady knows its cost effective. But she wants ducks, pheasant and rabbit in the freezer instead.

 

[ndawoods25]

My 14 year old daughter and I sat in a double ladder stand sun up to sundown Saturday. had a tree umbrella and rain gear. Was pretty nasty. didnt see anything. sat sun am till 1030. Just a couple squirrels. Try to get her a 2nd deer. Got her 1st 1 last year