2016/17 Bambi whacking thread.

HogCommander · Feb 1, 2017

67temp said:
Well now that the season is over I went through my log book for one of the properties I hunt. I spent 81 hours hunting (not counting travel time, and time to walk in/out). I harvested 14 does, 3 bucks, and 2 antlerless for a total of 19 deer. That ends up being about 4.26 hours of hunting per harvest which is less than my normal average of 8 or 9 hours per harvest.

I thought I had a good season (2 bucks, 4 does, 2 javelinas, 1 hog) but 19 deer is amazing! That should conservatively be well over 500 lbs of venison. No clue who all you're feeding but that should do the trick. By my math you have 500+ lbs of venison to last till September (MD season opens again ~210 days from now) which equates to 2.38 lbs/day of venison!

Sincere Congrats to all who harvested deer this season and to those who tried deer hunting for the first time this season!

67temp · Feb 2, 2017

HogCommander said:
I thought I had a good season (2 bucks, 4 does, 2 javelinas, 1 hog) but 19 deer is amazing! That should conservatively be well over 500 lbs of venison. No clue who all you're feeding but that should do the trick. By my math you have 500+ lbs of venison to last till September (MD season opens again ~210 days from now) which equates to 2.38 lbs/day of venison!

Sincere Congrats to all who harvested deer this season and to those who tried deer hunting for the first time this season!

Thanks. Technically I killed 21 total but the 19 was just for the one property that I keep a log of my hunting. Typically I go through about 3 deer a year in meat, 3 deer are given away to friends, and the rest gets donated to feed the homeless.

engineerbrian · Feb 2, 2017

Got some Mounts back this week. The right side looks great. I just wish the other side matched.

engineerbrian · Feb 2, 2017

I forgot about this guy from last year. It spent some extra time in the freezer :lol2:

outrider58 · Feb 2, 2017

engineerbrian said:
I forgot about this guy from last year. It spent some extra time in the freezer

Those look good Brian. I have a few fugly ones too. They are still good reminders of successful hunts.

engineerbrian · Feb 2, 2017

outrider58 said:
Those look good Brian. I have a few fugly ones too. They are still good reminders of successful hunts.

Thanks!

j_h_smith · Feb 2, 2017

Congrats. They look fine. I bet the dinners they provided tasted pretty good too.

engineerbrian · Feb 2, 2017

j_h_smith said:
Congrats. They look fine. I bet the dinners they provided tasted pretty good too.

Yep they sure do :thumbsup:

I'm a meat hunter, these deer were just targets of oppurtunity.

Mike3888 · Feb 2, 2017

They look nice Brian. My brother just sent this. The date and time stamp are wrong. Nice survivor for next year.

outrider58 · Feb 2, 2017

Mike3888 said:
They look nice Brian. My brother just sent this. The date and time stamp are wrong. Nice survivor for next year.

That stag is a stud!

Sticky · Feb 2, 2017

outrider58 said:
Those look good Brian. I have a few fugly ones too. They are still good reminders of successful hunts.

Fugly ones need to be culled anyway.. I got one this year, still finishing up the mount, but it'll be done soon.

Racer Doug14 · Feb 3, 2017

Well. I started this thread and did not even get to record a harvest.

oh well. Congrats again to all that got their's.

outrider58 · Feb 3, 2017

Racer Doug14 said:
Well. I started this thread and did not even get to record a harvest. oh well. Congrats again to all that got their's.

Hopefully you had a chance to get out and enjoy some time in the woods. I am already looking forward to next deer season.

Racer Doug14 · Feb 3, 2017

outrider58 said:
Hopefully you had a chance to get out and enjoy some time in the woods. I am already looking forward to next deer season.

Yes, I did. Year#2. More learned. Over confident from last year. I saw deer and pasted on one's I should have taken. But still had a good time.

wilcam47 · Feb 3, 2017

Sticky said:
Fugly ones need to be culled anyway.. I got one this year, still finishing up the mount, but it'll be done soon.

yeah I found my first deer antler shed of the season, he either has really good potential or just a dud, looks to be a young one to me. had five points but not a lot of mass. I'll see him hopefully this year and if he improves I'll give him a pass, if he still looks scrawny he might need to be culled.

Inigoes · Feb 3, 2017

Racer Doug14 said:
Yes, I did. Year#2. More learned. Over confident from last year. I saw deer and pasted on one's I should have taken. But still had a good time.

Now is the time to start preparing the next hunt.

* Upgrade equipment, if needed. This time of year everything is on sale.
* Make your hunting site more attractive by planting a feed plot.
* Put in a feeder to get the deer in a habit to stop by.

Racer Doug14 · Feb 3, 2017

^^ good advise. I've got a good spot with a feeder. Ran it all season. Cams showed a good herd of does and the odd 2yr old buck. No big shooters. I pastEd on a 6pt, that was my best deer. It was early and I didn't want to burn my bow tag early. After that it got sour. Bad wind and just hunting. Also had another dude hunting about 100-150 yards away almost every f.ing day! That still burns me. Long story.

I'm probably gonna do the food plot.

budman93 · Feb 3, 2017

Everyone's deer are probably in the freezer or at the butcher by now (still waiting for the call on mine) but I thought some people might still appreciate this simple little meat weight estimator. I'm looking forward to trying it out next year to see how close it gets me. There's one for calculating from live weight and field dressed weight.

https://www.vcalc.com/wiki/AndrewBudd/How+much+meat+on+a+deer+(live+weight)
https://www.vcalc.com/wiki/AndrewBudd/How+much+meat+on+a+deer+(field+dressed)

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