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re: Mississippi Deer hunters, how was your season?
Posted on 1/30/24 at 9:58 pm to shellbeachspeckzzz
Posted on 1/30/24 at 9:58 pm to shellbeachspeckzzz
I hunt in the South Delta on farmland with a mix of hardwoods and CRP in old fish ponds. Season was great personally. Killed a 148” 9 point, let a couple 130-135’s go. Killed 3 does.
Nobody else that hunts the place killed anything worth talking about. Think we killed like 15 does total, and the closest deer to mine was maybe 120”.
I’m the only one that really puts in the time though. The people I hunt with are hot and heavy on filling the freezer early and then if they get back out to trophy hunt 4 times a year, they’re doing good.
Works out great for me, so I stay pretty selective.
Nobody else that hunts the place killed anything worth talking about. Think we killed like 15 does total, and the closest deer to mine was maybe 120”.
I’m the only one that really puts in the time though. The people I hunt with are hot and heavy on filling the freezer early and then if they get back out to trophy hunt 4 times a year, they’re doing good.
Works out great for me, so I stay pretty selective.
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Posted on 1/31/24 at 11:47 am to Jvalhenson
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Me 3 bucks 2 does with recurve
13 year old son 3 bucks
12 year old daughter 2 bucks
7 year old son 2 bucks 1 doe
I love deer meat, and my family and I live off of deer meat all year long. I have a family of 8 and we put 5 deer in the freezer this year in south Texas and we will make a year off of this meat. Not knocking you, but 13 deer with one family seems a bit excessive.
Posted on 1/31/24 at 12:02 pm to mtb010
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Not knocking you, but 13 deer with one family seems a bit excessive.
You don’t want to know how many deer I killed then. 13 are rookie numbers.
Posted on 1/31/24 at 12:10 pm to Outdoorreb
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You don’t want to know how many deer I killed then. 13 are rookie numbers.
I mean, if you feeding 20-30 people a year then more power to you, but I just don't understand shooting X amount of deer just because its legal. We averaged seeing 15-20 deer a hunt on my property in south Texas and only took 5 because that's how much will get us to next year. We had 5 licensed hunters and could have legally and quite easily taken 20 deer, but why.
Posted on 1/31/24 at 12:13 pm to mtb010
Haha if you need to kill 20, kill 20.
Now with Turkeys? There are some selfish addicts out there
Now with Turkeys? There are some selfish addicts out there
Posted on 1/31/24 at 12:14 pm to mtb010
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but why.
Because a biologist says so. Also depends on your goals.
Posted on 1/31/24 at 1:50 pm to shellbeachspeckzzz
Wilkinson County
132lb doe in October
220lb 11 point buck in December
Unofficial score of 166
my 2 youngest boys each got a doe this month
132lb doe in October
220lb 11 point buck in December
Unofficial score of 166
my 2 youngest boys each got a doe this month
Posted on 1/31/24 at 2:29 pm to BruslyTiger
132 lb doe is enormous
Posted on 1/31/24 at 5:03 pm to mtb010
Then you don’t eat it near as often as we do. I do not exaggerate when I say we eat deer and fish almost every day. Minimum 5 days a week. Ground meat for burgers chili speghetti lasagna tacos etc. Backstrap and loin steak, fajitas, bacon wrapped among other ways. Link and patty breakfast sausage. Summer sausage. Etc. just put an order in with LEM for casing and seasoning to make some bologna. I fully process every deer we kill myself and nothing goes to waste. Have my own Hobart grinder and tenderizer and a stuffer from Lem. By all means do what’s best for you and your family and I’ll continue to do what’s best for mine. One of the kids added one more to the freezer yesterday evening so hopefully we get a few more to close it all out.
I will add to all that we don’t just go kill every deer we see. We are infested with them in all 3 areas we hunt. It may sound like a lot but us and several other families have been killing this many deer and more or decades on these lands and the deer numbers just keep going up. I can tell you we ain’t hurt them a bit. Not to mention these are not 250+lb Midwest or delta deer. Our biggest bucks run 150lbs and most are more like 120-130lb. Get an occasional outlier that will bust 200 but I’ve only killed I think 6 that broke 200lbs in 40 years hunting these woods. Does run prob 70lb average. Maybe 80 on a good year. And like I said infested with them. We really need to be killing twice as many to get them to where the land can really sustain them.
I will add to all that we don’t just go kill every deer we see. We are infested with them in all 3 areas we hunt. It may sound like a lot but us and several other families have been killing this many deer and more or decades on these lands and the deer numbers just keep going up. I can tell you we ain’t hurt them a bit. Not to mention these are not 250+lb Midwest or delta deer. Our biggest bucks run 150lbs and most are more like 120-130lb. Get an occasional outlier that will bust 200 but I’ve only killed I think 6 that broke 200lbs in 40 years hunting these woods. Does run prob 70lb average. Maybe 80 on a good year. And like I said infested with them. We really need to be killing twice as many to get them to where the land can really sustain them.
This post was edited on 1/31/24 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 2/1/24 at 6:25 am to Jvalhenson
my dude, how do you have the time to hunt and fish for a minimum 5 days a week??
Posted on 2/1/24 at 6:44 am to shellbeachspeckzzz
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my dude, how do you have the time to hunt and fish for a minimum 5 days a week??
If his wife and kids enjoy hunting as well it's probably not that hard to do, especially if he works/lives close to where he hunts.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 7:06 am to Loup
true. this damn job 
Posted on 2/1/24 at 7:36 am to shellbeachspeckzzz
Didn’t say I hunt or fish 5 days a week…..I said we eat deer and fish 5 days a week. But I do hunt or fish +-120 days a year. Teacher so the board loves me ha. But it’s pretty close on the hunting part. Thanksgiving break we hunt ever day except Thurs. Christmas break every day but Christmas Eve and day. Weekends of course and lots of after work hunts. This year will get to hunt the whole week of Mardi Gras to the 15th. And yes one of the places we hunt the most is 5 min from the house so I take at least one of the kids almost every day after work. If I let them shoot every deer we saw we have 300 deer killed by now but try to stay at least somewhat selective on shooting grown solo does and decent rack bucks for the areas we are in. Yesterday evening with my 8 year old we saw 19 deer in 2 hours but he wanted to wait for a better rack buck for his “10th deer” (lifetime not this year killed his first one the day before he turned 6). Was mostly smaller does with yearlings and several spikes/cowhorns so not what he was looking for. The fishing in the evenings has kinda taken a hit since the kids have gotten and into baseball football etc so most evenings in spring and start of the school year is spent at the ball fields instead of on the boat but still get a trip or 2 after work most weeks and again weekends of course.
Almost time to turn attention to the turkeys too though! Unfortunately not near as many of those around here so I’m lucky if I get 3 a year usually only get 2
Almost time to turn attention to the turkeys too though! Unfortunately not near as many of those around here so I’m lucky if I get 3 a year usually only get 2
This post was edited on 2/1/24 at 9:46 am
Posted on 2/1/24 at 7:40 am to Jvalhenson
I’m loving this post. I wanted 4 this year but only had time to get one doe which may last us till the beginning of march. I love seeing guys that succeed in hunting.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 7:46 am to Jvalhenson
nice. thats awesome
Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:40 am to shellbeachspeckzzz
quote:
132 lb doe is enormous
You should see those delta does!
Posted on 2/1/24 at 9:07 am to Insurancerebel
when i strike oil i will 
Posted on 2/1/24 at 9:11 am to Insurancerebel
what is the average size of a doe there?
Posted on 2/1/24 at 9:42 am to Jvalhenson
sorry i misread your post
Posted on 2/1/24 at 2:16 pm to Jvalhenson
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Then you don’t eat it near as often as we do. I do not exaggerate when I say we eat deer and fish almost every day.
My oldest is at college, and I have 5 other children and we usually put 5-6 deer a year in the freezer and that's plenty for us as as family of 8. I also raise meat rabbits and chickens, but we eat deer 4-5 times a week and 5-6 deer covers us for a year. More power to you, It just seems a bit excessive to me. My daughters do the majority of the hunting, so after skinning and processing 5-6 deer I am already burnt out on it and have had enough.
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