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so who all got deer this year
just looking for numbers of deer taken this year.
seems to be a struggle and getting more difficult
to even see a deer these days.
ill say i got 1 this year in region 8 10 antler-less wt
how did the rest of you do.
i can under stand not posting photos these day
so lets do a count
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Never put a shell in my gun( again) but had a marvelous time with my boys and extended family,introduced a grandson to shooting 22s and deer hunting and all the cameraderie that goes with a hunting camp.Weather co operated
Harvested a couple of bucks and shot some grouse.100% success!
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I took a nice heavy 4 point mule deer buck. No time to go after a whitetail due to construction projects at home that needed to be completed before winter really hit.
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Nope - Nada - 8-14/15 - Only ever saw mature Does nocturnal on cam. Future bodes well though, observed many yearling does and short spikes in daylight but nothing that would constitute more than 30-40lbs of eating, so they walked. Must admit it has been an off year though, lost my best friend/brother/hunting partner in March and was still out of sorts come hunting season, didn't put hardly any of the usual scout work/time in so was not expecting much to be honest.
Many a dandy deer in town though lol.
Links
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took a whitetail doe reg 8 honey hole... 5 minutes into morning shooting light...have taken 7 deer within 500 feet of this spot...a pinch point between where they eat and where they bed...
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I harvested a nice 3 point blacktail in 2-12. Didn’t get out nearly as much I would have liked this year.
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Took 2 island balcktail bucks on my first day out of the season in mid October....
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My kids and I harvested 3 mature 4 point muley bucks, Oct 30 region 3, Oct 31, and Nov 25 region 5. All of them were more than 1km from the nearest rd and all 3 were rutting and chasing does.
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Partner and myself took 2 Mule deer, Chilcotin Plateau.
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My son and I shot a whitetail buck each, and we tried for a doe but couldn't connect...Both of us turned down numerous small muley bucks early in October and my wife turned down one in mid-October. My boy was regretting his decision in early November!! lol
'rifle
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Nothing this year but didn’t spend nearly as much time as usual...
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Tagged out. One buck region 3 and 2 bucks region 2. Definitely saw fewer deer, not the big ones and in different places this year, both in summer and during hunting season.
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I shot one. Reg 2 blacktail.
I would say I saw less deer than usual. Numerous trips to the high country showed less than usual. Few cameras I had out showed a decent number of deer still, just not when I was out there.
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saw some great mule deer, took two blacktails, one nice mature 3x3 and one young 2x2, going to figure out the pics again and post up my season in review
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got my 4 point mulie,,,,,,and a doe whitetail,,,,,,,seen tons of 2 point--3 point bucks this year again,,,,,,hoping good turn over for next year,,,,,if survival rate is good,,,,,should be a small handfull of good bucks in couple spots i hunt for next year
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Got lucky this year with a deer and elk on solo hunts ( no meat split with a partner). Been a great bird season too. Aside from the odd chicken , been eating free range organic high quality game meat daily. (Just breaded some grouse strips for lunch)
Unfortunately, means dont need any more meat and probably wont go after a spring bear next year.
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No deer this year. Only the third time in 40 years of hunting that has been the case. Elk and a moose though. Didn't see a muley that would break 140" this year but only hunted them 3 days. Saw one whitetail over 160" for the last two days of the season but didn't have permission on that property and never caught him crossing onto the neighbors where I did have permission.
Saw double digits of whitetail bucks over 130" in the last 5 days of the season though. And this year was a personal best for numbers of bull moose, 9 two point bulls, 8 tripalms, and 6 in the early season.
Saw 5 fully mature muleys that were 2x2's or 3x3's, heavy mass, big frames. Usually don't see more than one in a season up here. All in all, more deer than last year I think.
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Did not make it out for blacktails (a first for me).
Took one whitetail dry doe in Region 4 and another in Region 8.
Lots of complaints from the many landowners we know in both areas, calling this fall "like a war zone with goofs from the LML around every corner". Heard many citations of piss poor behavior and poaching incidents.
Lowest number of deer we have ever seen in both areas.
Nog
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2 excellent hunts this year - one for muleys and the other for whitetail. Never pulled the trigger. Saw deer but just not the right one in the right place at the right time. Hunted hard and I enjoyed it immensely. Camp life was excellent in getting away from the enslavement shoved down our throats by conformist chickens.
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For the first time in over 25+ years did not do at least one trip to the interior. As a result I put some effort into hunting Island blacktails for the first time in 15 years but was not successful. I went out 9 days and saw very few deer, 16 in total. I blew an opportunity on the only decent buck I saw. I re-visited areas where we had been successful on large bucks years ago but there was not nearly the abundance of sign as before and definitely not the amount of deer. I did however discover the 80% timbered slopes I used to easily navigate 35-40 years ago have somehow become steeper and more of a challenge. Congratulations to all of the successful hunters.
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Saw some nice bears while out scouting in early summer. Lots of does/fawns early part of season. Had my 11 yr old grandson out with his Youth License. He took a few grouse. Due to covid had to cut hunting season away back as my only adult partner was mingling with way to many. On to next year!
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Saw deer all over but decided to go for a big 4 point muley....I failed. Got a nice 4x4 wt full hybrid completely by fluke. Hunted from sept 20th until dec 10 almost every day region 3 and 5 and 7. Deer populations aren't what they were and white tails are moving in hard everywhere
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Tag soup for me. I had chances for smaller bucks and a legal bull but didn’t pull the trigger.
Still had lots of fun and exercise in the mountains
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2 blacktails and a muley. Saw lots of deer.
To put this in perspective, I spent over 60 days in a tent this year including summer scouting.
Thanks covid!
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Son (youth) 2pt mule / 3pt whitetail in Sept youth season - first hunt/first deer
Son (adult) 2pt mule Sept archery / 2pt whitetail meat buck November
Me 2 pt mule Sept archery / 5x6 whitetail November
6 bucks / 2 households - about the same this year
Saw good Mule Deer numbers, whitetail was down.
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1 WT
2 Mule
Becoming tough to hunt Mule deer in region 3.
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Harvested 8-10 antlerless wt and 3-29 4pt mulie. 48 days in the field. Best season yet laying eyes on 40 mule deer bucks, several bull elk, moose, goats and bears. Looking forward to next year.
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4 point Muley and a WT buck for me. Had a legal bull at 29 yards but screwed that up
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2 WT bucks in region 3, but only saw 3 big muleys and they all got away. I didn't spend much time in my mule deer spots, though.
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Didn't shoot one myself but seen lots but none of them were the right one. 6 or 7 were taken off my property. Best deer numbers I've seen in the last 10 years.
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Took a nice 4 point alpine mule in September, followed by my moose at the end of September.. only filled those two this fall, but passed on several legal white tails and saw several more nice mule deer later in the season.
my hunting partner had his best year yet, biggest bear, biggest mule buck (4pt) and his first WT buck.
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Linksman313
Nope - Nada - 8-14/15 - Only ever saw mature Does nocturnal on cam. Future bodes well though, observed many yearling does and short spikes in daylight but nothing that would constitute more than 30-40lbs of eating, so they walked. Must admit it has been an off year though, lost my best friend/brother/hunting partner in March and was still out of sorts come hunting season, didn't put hardly any of the usual scout work/time in so was not expecting much to be honest.
Many a dandy deer in town though lol.
Links
now if i could only hunt in my neibour hood
nice bucks galore.
saw 1 i figured would of been 220 on the hook
he was huge
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Saw lots of deer, lots of moose and lots of birds later in the season. Tagged a muley 4x and a blacktail. chased some big wt bucks but bever saw them in the light but saw more wts than ever before.
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only went for deer one weekend this year and took a region 2 blacktail buck
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I wacked a 6 point elk and a 5 point whitetail that I called in.After that I concentrated on 4 point mulies.Tracked a big track for 2 1/2 hours to his bedding site.3 beds there and so many tracks I gave up on him.I was a long ways from the truck by then.Later in the day I found a 4 pointer.Probably over 200 lbs.I passed him up as his rack was heavy beamed but weak and scraggly points.It would have been a long haul out as I didn't make it back to the truck until well after dark.Great fun thou.
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Me and my old man got 2 muleys this year a little spike and a (garage scored) 140” 4 point, my brother also got a 3pt whitetail.
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Nada...
Could have taken a small WT early season and a small 4pt MD, but let it walk.
I am ok with that, but not okay with the fact that covid screwed up plans for a few extra hunts that got cancelled due to partners working tons of overtime.
Did see on FB and the odd buck on here that were nice bucks, so glad to see they are around. if they are given the time to "age up".
Okay with the meat guys too, fyi.
Not happy about the "poached" incident this season however.
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Got a Reg 2 3x3 muley Sept 4th with a compound bow and wife tagged a nice 2x2 blacktail with her 30-06 Oct 24. Thought about looking for one more blacktail, but between those two deer and the spring bear the freezers were pretty full. My wife gave me the go ahead to go chase another blacktail these last couple weekends "we'll make it fit" but after the long hard work weeks I just couldn't get enough of myself together to head out and poke around (used all my vacation days too) That's fine. It was an an excellent year and the last time I was out, I put up two more cams (total 6 out now) in some key areas. I am really looking forward to grabbing that footage and switching out the batteries in March.
Links to the stories:
http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showth...ight=caddisguy
http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showth...blacktail-buck
Couple pics:
https://i.imgur.com/W5YO3Ai.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/oK3IlrV.jpg
Couple short videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsdub3ZX4Is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGxneytirYE
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Spotted a small buck that one of my partners took in early Oct. That was the 1 and only buck spotted in 18 days combined in the field this year. A year of tag soup for me and the old man - region 3.
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One smallish fork buck Whitetail sure did not see many deer around these parts