How was your season?

With the season winding down and closed in some places....how was your season?
I killed 2 bucks, a doe and 3 pigs on public land in MS. Saw more deer than I have in the past few years combined and saw at least 4 bucks that I couldn't get a shot on. All the long walks and getting up early to drive a hour seemed like a pain in the azz but I had fun this year.

I would consider mine to be very good. Had three leases and killed one good mature buck off of each one and one buck being my biggest ever on my own land. I didn’t get to hunt near as much as what I normally do but I saw more bucks this year than I ever have. I did see very good rut activity. For all the work and effort I put in I got to be with my oldest boy while he killed a nice buck youth weekend then I got my wife on a nice buck and I limited out in Alabama. Very very thrilled how it worked out for me and my family. The only bad thing is I wounded a big six I had been after for years here around the house in Mississippi. All in all I’m already making plans for next year and seeing what I can do to make things better. Here they are in order

OK. Kilt one good one. Missed one. And put a bad shot on another good one. Daughter kilt a nice one as well.
Helped 4 youth kill their first deer.
Hosted 5 Vietnam vets on our annual Semper Fi hunt. Helped a totally blind one kill his first whitetail.
Had worse fo sho.
Glad it's over. Seen a buncha turkeys. Pretty sure I may chase them this year.
Bout ready to wet a line.

Did not hunt again this year

Tough.

0 kills for me.

Mshunter
Outstanding enjoy!
For me 3 yotes
1 hog
2 buks
Thinking about some deer hog sausage with a bit of yote ahhh.
But overall the korn has everything all fubar!
Were going no corn better food plots next year.
Happy hunting!

Glad it’s over. Ready for some saltwater fishing in a month.

I killed three mature bucks but no giants. Still hunting in Florida

Good season for me. Big mature doe. Oops, 2yo 8pt and oldest/heaviest messed up rack buck i ever killed. First time in years ive been mad at em enough to carry a rifle as much as i did.

Good season killed one mature one and one for meat...i should've tagged out on 3 good ones but that's on me all I want is the opportunity...took my kids some and my daughter almost had one but the glare of sun was too bad on scope n couldn't get shot off..glad it's over so I can get sum stuff done

Got 2 granddaughters there first deer.
Got a granddaughter her first buck
I did not score this season, passed on
a few hoping they grow and never met
the big bucks I had nighttime pics of .
As always still had a blast !

Awesome. Lord blessed me with a many of beautiful sunrise and sunsets. Oh and a nice buck with my recurve

No buck, but that’s normal for me. I guess I would have to classify my self as a trophy hunter.
2 does, 1 with my bow to make a kill 11 years in a row with my bow.
Sat with my dad once which was the first time I have deer hunted with him in prob 20 years, so that was nice.

Good season for me, killed one mature buck. Seen a lot of deer this season, and wasn’t sure about us voting no corn but it didn’t hurt us any, our plots were getting hammered. Both my kids shot a doe each, my little boy missed the opportunity on the biggest buck on the club. Made memories and had a blast

I had a really enjoyable season (except for one morning).
I had not shot a deer each of the last 2 seasons and I got 3 bucks and a doe. No one was more surprised than me.
Even better, I saw deer nearly every sit. If I’m seeing em, I’m happy.
Heck, I even passed up a buck or 2.
I think there was a bumper crop of deer in our area this year and the corn brought em out of the woodwork.
And I took off a few Saturdays in December to fish and caught a 7 to 8 lb. bass.
Definitely a winter to remember.

Bad year here in Florida. I managed to harvest one doe. I joined the wrong club this year. Way too much drama for this old man. Hunting in central Georgia next year. New club has more turkeys than you can shake a stick at. They consider the turkeys a nuisance too. Anybody want to go?

Terrible but knew it would be this way before season started. I sold my best 2 deer properties this past summer. Those properties produced well for the new owners. Got 2 new properties but they were no where near ready to hunt. Thought I would go to one of the new properties.just to see if I could see a deer there this afternoon. The day went just like the season. Started raining as soon as I got there. The wind came every direction known to man. A dog came out. A friendly dog that wanted me to play in the rain with him. When I wouldn't play he decided to have a bowel movement about 5 ft from me to smell the rest of the afternoon. He then proceeded to lay by me and lick his scrotum for the next hour...in the rain....with a swirling wind. And that last afternoon summed up my season.

I had a pretty rough season with not much reward. I went WAY too much and plan to go much less next season. It really sucked when I found out I have the flu today...

Tagged out on Bucks, 1 really nice 8 point with the Bow. Another 8pt, a 6pt and a big Nanny with the gun. My son killed a buck off our farm as well. Great season on our little slice of heaven.

Worst season ever....I may as well went Kanoodlin...

Didnt shoot a deer but had a great time.

Not bad I don’t guess. Saw a lot of deer let several young bucks and a nice 10 that I should have shot walk. My daughter killed her first deer a small buck and my son killed his biggest. Maybe next year I’ll get back mad at them

Killed 2 coyotes with bow
2 does with bow
1 8 point in Indiana with a bow
3 bucks in Alabama all rifle
Got my sister her first buck
My wife killed her best buck
And helped put a couple people on some good bucks so it was a pretty good year .
Already planning and picking up some potential property for next year .
My 3

Not a bad season for me. I saw a bunch of deer and most were bucks. Ended up killing 2 nice 8pts and a doe. Passed a busted up 9pt 2 weeks ago and saw another hoss that made it through the season. Got another season with my 75 year old Dad. Several mature bucks taken on our lease but plenty of seed left for next season.

Pulled the trigger 6 times: 3 mature bama bucks, 1-3.5 yo ga buck, 2 pigs

This is the first year that I can remember not killing a yote, in fact I didn’t even see one from the stand

Best ever. Figured out a couple things this year that really helped us see alot more deer. Saw way more young bucks than ever before. Now if we can just figure out the old guys.

I'd say you had a pretty good year duxlayer....This buds for you.... That's a beast laying with that double barrel.... NICE!!!.....

Had a good season for where I hunt in Marshall County. Killed 3 does and 3 bucks. My daughter was with me on one buck kill and really enjoyed the experience.

That gun is a beast of a 10 gauge lol probably weighs 16 lbs

I only hunted 6 mornings and 1 afternoon all season. Killed a big 200lb 5 year old I wanted and let 3 other good deer go. 2nd year in a row I’ve killed a deer over 200 lbs. Our club, thanks to the rain and warm weather only had 6 does logged in as dead so that made me happy too. Hoping we may be getting some deer numbers back next year.

Worst season in 10+ years for me. Only saw a hand full of deer over the entire season, none over 6 months old.

First year in a long time didn’t fill a tag in Alabama ( or write it on paper lol). Hunted new ground hard during the rut but didn’t see any deer over 100 inches. Pretty sad but did get to spend quality time with my father. Had good season other states though just missed seeing rut activity like normal in Alabama.

Weather definitely sucked for us down south, and we had to deal with a couple of middle aged hunters who like to ride around and check Greenfields and dump corn everyday 🤢 But any time spent in the woods with my boys is a good time, and we won't have to deal with them GOOBERS this season....

Best season I've ever had and its not even close!

Started off with me killing a deer of a lifetime in Alabama with my bow, carried a good friend with me to Illinois and he killed a giant, and then best of all my son going with me nearly every time I stepped out the door (which wasn't too often due to sports) and him killing a 7 point and a doe with me and then a nice 8 point with his Paw Paw. Also my little girl went with me several times and although she isn't quite ready to shoot one she got to see several deer and one nice buck that I didn't shoot because there was no way I could get him out from under the mountain with her with me so he got a pass.

Best season in a long time!!!

Great season for me. I killed 3 nice bucks, spent lots of time enjoying the woods, learned some spots to set-up for next season, got a head start on turkey scouting, and hosted a wild game tasting/dinner for a large group of friends that otherwise would not have eaten it. Even gave out 1-lb tubes of ground venison as party favors.

Pretty good season for me. Saw a lot of deer, got to hunt with my dad a bunch. I shot one good buck with my bow and also learned a lot in doing so. With this buck I had to hold at full draw for a good 45 seconds to a minute due to him changing directions, kinda threw me off. Holding at full draw that long is something I never really practice when shooting in the yard but I will going forward. Good learning experience!

i had a decent season, only killed one buck, passed up a 120 inch 8 point that was later killed by a club member for his first deer. saw more deer at my camp in butler county than ive ever seen in a season, but didn't kill a buck there. I lost my best place to hunt which is a major blow to my future success.overall i can't complain.


you sir had an outstanding season

Learned a lot, saw tons of deer, didn't kill much of anything. Won't call it a bad season because it's always a pleasure to hunt, but I've had more exciting ones.

Good year. Hunted 95% in TN for the 2nd straight season. Saw a lot of deer, killed my personal best buck and another decent one to fill my last tag. First deer season I've tagged out. Got a freezer full of meat, learned a lot more about the properties I'm hunting, and lots of great memories. Can't ask for much more than that.

Meh, killed a doe with bow. Missed a buck at the house with bow. I don't kill a lot of deer anyway but it was mentally draining

Didn't pull the trigger or fling an arrow on a deer all season.
Saw and passed about 35-40 2 and 3 yo bucks and a couple 4s.
Never saw the three shooter bucks I had on camera.
Did kill a yote Sunday morning so at least I pulled the trigger on something.

I had a good year. Shot my personal best deer in almost 3 decades. I hate my wife didn't get a shot a good buck but she's good with it. Due to an injury that kept him out of work most of January, I got to spend some awesome quality time with my oldest son out in the woods. Something we haven't had the opportunity to do in years and I loved that! Killed an average buck on my club property too. So I killed 2 bucks and worked my arse off to get them both but I'm real happy! Now on to property improvements and seeing what bucks made it through the season, and of course picking out some longbeards that need to be culled!

Dr. B

Shot a bull elk DIY on public land in CO, took my first ever whitetail with a bow, and limited out on bucks in AL. Full freezer. Fantastic season.

My family has had an awesome 2yr run. Last year, I killed my biggest buck ever. This year my dad killed his largest ever. And best of all, this year my daughter killed her first deer ever, a small 8pt. All of this came on land we bought a few years ago and have put A LOT of blood, sweat, and fuel in to. It's been great!

My season was great this year (for a change). Hunted a piece of public land in early Oct that I've never been before and stuck a doe 2nd time out with the bow in WV. Stuck a doe in Nov? at the hunt club in Jackson Co, AL, and shot a decent 8 pt with a ML on RSA in Dec. Made a euro-mount of the 8 and it's on the wall. Lost the drive to to do much after that, but I've got some good steaks, sausage, and burger in the freezer. Hunted a few weekends in Jackson Co, stayed in the camper, ran the propane heater for the two weeks of winter we've had, enjoyed the Coleman Coffee and food during the night.

Midseason I was griping about my season - and it was a terrible season for buck sightings from the tree except one. I’ve got to spend my hunting time focused on hunting and that will be one of my goals next year.

Ended up killing my second bow deer (doe) on public land, my biggest buck ever on my little lease, a doe there too and an antlerless buck at the new farm of the person that got me into hunting. All told it was a GREAT year in hindsight. A full freezer and lots of fun had, all told.

Next year I WILL get a bow buck, and will harvest a deer with with open sights - mark it down.

After losing our favorite lease about two weeks into the season, i thought it was going to be a disaster but as far as deer go - we saw a bunch of deer and put meat in the freezer so it was a win, but what made it great was that i got to spend a lot of time in the woods with my three kids (20,18, and 11). My daughter missed a good buck in January and never got another shot at one (she passed on several small bucks over the last few weeks), my oldest Son only hunted sparingly because of his school/sports schedule but managed to kill an 8 point, my youngest son killed a doe and his first buck-a really nice 8 point. And i even managed to run into a good 8 on the last day of the season.

Now its time to find another lease to replace the one that was lost and work to get ready for next year!

Mine was great. I killed 4 bucks and a doe. Killed 2 in front of the hounds, one nice 8 with a ML on Fl public land and a buck and a doe in yalls fine state. I also got to see my son kill his first buck in front of dogs and a nice 6 in Al on the youth weekend.

2 does and one small buck only one miss crazy bipolar weather for most part hindered me. But hey meat in freezer all that matters.

Probably one of the worst seasons in my 30 + years of deer hunting as far as actually seeing numbers of deer. I think all total from the stand I saw 9 deer from bow season to the next to last day and that's with well over 50 days in the stand.
Managed. To kill a doe for the freezer.
I think the weather played a roll in some of it I got a suspicious idea on some of the other reasons I just ain't caught them yet

You win! Man, that's an incredible feat. Did you post up a story somewhere that I missed?

Considering only been hunting a few years I’d say best season yet, mainly because My wife got her first racked buck but I killed my first mature 8 point to put on the wall also, filled the freezer and had a good time just being in the woods seeing deer and enjoying the quiet time. I don’t fish near as much as I did since the passing of my dad three years ago. Looking forward to next season and making some adjustments and improving as a hunter.

Here's a post on the elk:

http://www.aldeer.com/forum/ubbthre...in=208219&Number=2930968#Post2930968

I would have liked to get into the woods a few more times but otherwise hit all of my goals. Harvested a deer on public land and spent a decent amount of time getting acquainted with that property. Ready for turkey season!

for me it was not my best season but it was nice. i killed three deer. a bow kill doe, a six point and a nice 8 point. we had a few outstanding deer on camera but they all stayed alive except for a 13 point that our neighbors killed. I killed the biggest buck in my club now for 3 years running so that is exciting.

It sucked

It was a good year. I killed two bucks. One in Illinois and one in Alabama.

Awesome! I have never had a bad season in my life. Nothing about spending time in creation is bad for me. I promise you If Im still able to hunt next year its gonna be awesome too. Its not all about the kill for me though. My measure of success is weather I had fun or not. I have always enjoyed it. I suppose when it stops being fun I will hang it up but I really dont see that happening.

I had a really good season, wasn’t looking too promising at first but picked up amazingly. Unfortunately, the weather screwed up hunting the rut but it was still a really good season.

Got the big one I wanted early then was able to relax and let guest shoot several I wanted gone.

Was one of my best. Managed to get my 10 year old a mature buck and myself 3. Killed a few does and saw a lot of deer. Couldn’t have been better.

I killed my biggest buck in November 2019 in Kentucky. Killed a good doe in Jan. 2020, but struggled big time on the bucks in Alabama. All in all though, it was a great season. I spent a lot of time outdoors enjoying God’s creation. Very thankful to the good Lord for another great season, and for Him sending the big one my way in Nov.

Not good , had back surgery 2 days before Thanksgiving so couldn't hunt for 6 weeks and then couldn't climb trees or get to active , went to Texas after Christmas (against doctors and wife's wishes) and shot Axis doe other than that saw plenty deer just 1 shooter which I couldn't get a shot on so not a good year.

I did not kill a deer this year but overall it was great. Saw a lot of deer but just never saw the bigger ones we had pictures of. But my 7 year old son shot his first two deer ever and my 10 year old daughter got her another nice deer. Plus we had three of my daughters friends kill their first deer too. We had three other decent bucks killed by my buddies off our place also. So, even though I didnt kill anything it was a great year and we had a lot of fun.

Had a blast at camp as always. Sightings where down this year that kind of sucked. But I did kill my best buck to date this season. And my Dad killed his first buck. So I would say it was pretty good year.

My season..............
Pretty much ended when I fell on November 20th, first year I have not killed a deer in probably 25 years. I am too blessed to have not been paralyzed or crippled when I fell to think that killing a deer defines my season. God has been faithful throughout my recovery and I got to hunt twice after the accident, once in early January and once the last week. It gave me a new perspective and appreciation for just being able to go. We all hunt for different reasons, some hunt to kill deer, some hunt to kill big bucks, some hunt for the camp/camaraderie experience, some hunt for the joy of being outdoors. Lord willing, I'm sure I'll be back after em next fall, just not sure that I'll be doing it from 20 feet up!

Had one of my better seasons. Tagged out on mature bucks and killed 5 does. Filled my freezer and was blessed to put a lot of meat in family member's freezers as well. One with crossbow, 3 with muzzleloader and 5 with rifle. Had great times at the camp with friends and family!

Killed three 4 year old bucks, 5 does, 2 pigs. Good year.