Deer hunters: Meat or Mount?
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HayDay
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Me? I'm a meat hunter. Fat yearling does for the freezer and hopefully, a bit less crop damage. Content to let the big guy walk on so he can "frolic in the meadow".
So wondering.......how the average breaks down. How many go for the mount and how many for the meat?
Last edited by HayDay; 10/06/21 08:58 AM.
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Re: Deer hunters: Meat or Mount?
[Re: HayDay]
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I get a short time to hunt and more than enough tags , whatever I see within reason.
I don't like wasting time on little ones they take as much time as the big ones and you get very little meat
other than that meat , if 2 are next to each other and one has antlers I would probably shoot that one they also tend to a be a little heavier
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Re: Deer hunters: Meat or Mount?
[Re: HayDay]
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It’s almost $50 for a tag here. The tag is good for a Buck or a Doe. So if you shoot a fawn, small Doe, big Doe, small Buck, or big Buck it still costs the same but the amount of meat you get is totally different. I can’t justify putting a $50 tag on a fawn and calling it a season.
So I try my best for a big buck. Big antlers and lots of meat.
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Re: Deer hunters: Meat or Mount?
[Re: Providence Farm]
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Meat, but if a nice buck happens by it can be mounted. Small bucks get a pass. X2
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Re: Deer hunters: Meat or Mount?
[Re: HayDay]
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danny clifton
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I hunt for meat. Just like selling a high end bobcat pelt I got no qualms selling antlers either. I have several times. If I know a salable buck is around where I am hunting I kill it for the meat and the money.
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Re: Deer hunters: Meat or Mount?
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It’s almost $50 for a tag here. The tag is good for a Buck or a Doe. So if you shoot a fawn, small Doe, big Doe, small Buck, or big Buck it still costs the same but the amount of meat you get is totally different. I can’t justify putting a $50 tag on a fawn and calling it a season.
So I try my best for a big buck. Big antlers and lots of meat. Crazy! Here we get 8 deer for $20.
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Re: Deer hunters: Meat or Mount?
[Re: HayDay]
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I primarily hunt for meat. I don't put in any effort to hunt a big buck. BUT if one walks under me, I'll shoot it.
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Re: Deer hunters: Meat or Mount?
[Re: HayDay]
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Here we have to draw a tag. So it is a one deer deal for rifle hunting, and you may not get a tag for several years. I don't feel there is enough meat on one deer to get excited about. I maybe would get more excited about meat hunting if you could fill a freezer.
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Re: Deer hunters: Meat or Mount?
[Re: HayDay]
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Brown It's down. I have never had a deer head mounted.
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