How many shoot multiple bucks?

[62kodiak]

I was just looking on the Benoit website and on there they mention that Lanny and Shane have shot over 150 bucks over #200 combined. That is just crazy to think that 2 guys could do so much damage in the deer woods. I guess that tracking thing really works.

I know that most of us on here are just mere mortals that shoot somewhere between 0-1 bucks a year but I know that some of you guys are filling more tags then that. Any of you multiple state/country guys shooting more than 1 buck a year fairly consistently?

[JLS]

Here in Missouri we're allowed 3 bucks and I usually fill 2 of my buck tags . By time I'm done guiding the wife , kids , and shooting a couple of doe my freezer is filled . No reason to get too greedy but gotta make sure we're well fed till the next season

[dan]

I don't like to stop hunting... I wait all year for hunting season. Last year I shot and mounted 3 nice bow bucks. 2 in Wisconsin, 1 in Iowa. I also shot a 4th buck with the rifle, a little scrubber but that was a mercy killing. It was in bad shape and would of died a slow painful death had I not shot it. I probably average around 2 bucks a year... With that said though, I would like to see Wisconsin become a one buck a year state regardless of weapon.

[Edcyclopedia]

Hypothetical...
In my mind; I would like to average 1 buck every 21 days (I'd call that my blackjack theory)!

I can only reply 1 decent (not big) buck every 3 years...

Not all hunters are created equal.

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[cbigbear]

Hunting MS & LA, I'm allowed 6 bucks a year. I've never killed more than 2 in a year, we just don't eat more than 2 deer a year.

[Southern Man]

We are a 1 buck state. Unlimited does tho.

There is a chunk of public land where it's a bonus deer and doesn't count against state bag limits. It's federal land. In all the state WMA's you have to use your state tag.

I like the 1 buck limit. It makes you think about the buck you shoot, because it's the only one you get. If you want a lot of meat or just kill something, kill a doe.

[dreaming bucks]

0 or 1..... if I need more meat, I shoot a doe.... Just think if every hunter shot 3 or 4 bucks a year, there would not be a buck left, other than spikes. I would vote for One buck a year in a heartbeat.

[62kodiak]

I think that you guys are misunderstanding the direction I was looking to have this thread go. I was asking more about guys that travel from state to state and possible some Canadian provinces shooting a buck or two in each. I know that this is fairly rare due to time and financial restrictions. It can't be cheap to hunt 3-5 different states in a season. I know that there are a few guys on here that do it though.

I do agree with you guys though that I don't support a guy stacking up bucks or any other deer for that matter like cordwood. Guys shooting tons of deer unnecessarily is why MN is a one deer state this year.

[Justin85]

Average less than one a year. Other than a farmer asking me to shoot a small buck that was beating (in the act of) his woven wire fence all to heck, I haven't shot a buck since 08. Have only seen one that tripped my trigger. Since them. Passed on more small to marginal deer than I care to remember. The does have paid the price for that. Where I hunted in NC I could kill 2 bucks and unlimited does.

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[Dewey]

Spysar is best known here for shooting multiple bucks yearly in different states. On his Venison Tour he was averaging 4 nice bucks for awhile there. He hasn't posted here for awhile but if you do a search you could find his stories.

Here is one of them. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11230

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[Swampbuck]

I get 3 buck tags and I usually shoot 2. I save the third for a hammer, which means it winds up tag soup. I would like to see the tags reduced to 2 though

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[Philski]

I let lots(20-30) bucks walk each season. I haven't killed a buck in my home state of Michigan in 6yrs. Shoot 2-3 does a yr. to eat. See no reason to kill a buck unless it's a whopper. Enjoy watching. Early on it wasn't that way. Michigan would do well to implement one buck limit. The funny or stupid thing is I continue to buy 2 buck tags. I guess I dream of killing a couple monsters every year but it doesn't happen. But maybe this will be the year.

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[Dewey]

[glow=red]I think that you guys are misunderstanding the direction I was looking to have this thread go. I was asking more about guys that travel from state to state and possible some Canadian provinces shooting a buck or two in each. I know that this is fairly rare due to time and financial restrictions. It can't be cheap to hunt 3-5 different states in a season. I know that there are a few guys on here that do it though.[/glow]I do agree with you guys though that I don't support a guy stacking up bucks or any other deer for that matter like cordwood. Guys shooting tons of deer unnecessarily is why MN is a one deer state this year.

He's talking about killing bucks in multiple states guys.

[BassBoysLLP]

Maybe this year. If I fill my WI archery tags I may take a drive down south.

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[Rubline]

I think a big factor in the Benoit's number of kills (besides being excellent trackers) is living where multiple states adjoin together in a short distance (Maine, VT, NH & New York). Not sure how many tags each of those states give out as some states let you shoot two/three bucks. Big difference in traveling 1-2 days to get to a outstate hunting destination. Here in MN we get 1 buck tag either gun, muzzle or archery and your done. Unfortunately that doesn't stop people from killing multiple buck being party hunting is allowed (buck cross tagging)... I agree that time & $$$ are limiting factors for most.