One of the guys I hunt with's parents used to do this with their Chow. He'd kill one a year and have it all in burger meat for his parent's dogs. If I had a big, outside guard dog, I might do this too. Much more natural for them than the processed dog food.

I grew up learning to hunt from my dad and he was pretty picky about what he shot. When I was a teenager he got laid off from the coal mines and started driving a truck all over creation, so our deer hunting was severely impacted. I started hunting with my grandpa and his philosophy was that if it had two eyes and a butthole it was catching a bullet. I developed some bad habits over those years that I truly regret. When I got old enough to drive myself hunting and joining clubs, I used to view the sign out board as a race to see who could kill the most deer...... and I won every single year. I killed 24 in one season and 9 rack bucks...... all legal because back in those days buck limits were 1 a day. I'd shoot the dang things and just give them to people. I'm really glad I grew out of that mess not too long after that.

I get 5-8 a year. Now that I have kids I include them in the number. Those deer are taken off several properties in different counties (and sometimes states). If I have a bad year I know some people that have too many deer and I'll help them thin a couple out. Every year I say I'm going to start killing earlier in the season, but every year I find an excuse not to.

0 in AL
1 150” Kansas buck

AL season has sucked. I’ve seen some bucks, but none that would have broke 60”.

one doe one 151 inch 11 point in illinois. most I've ever killed in one season was six. I'll kill one doe the hunt a buck

Yessir one of my best leases is the worst I’ve ever seen this year due to new hunters moving in and shooting every buck that comes across the property line. Went from seeing 5-8 deer every sit with two or three being nice 2-3 year old bucks and occasionally a shooter in the mix with does to see nothing ever sit. They drive their side by side in around 3 in the afternoon and will be leave before dark and shot almost everytime they were in the woods. Now I haven’t had hardly any deer on camera and damn sure haven’t had a shooter buck on camera since the season came in. I reckon I’m gonna let this place go next year

As of the last two days I’ve killed 2. A doe yesterday and a buck this morning(I wasn’t even hunting he was pushing does around the camp yard while I was packing to come home). I don’t think I’ve killed a deer in the last three years. I’ve been spending much of my time scouting to put my GF on them.