How many states get one deer?
10-07-2012, 06:53 PM
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Fork Horn
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How many states get one deer?
Meaning you pretty much get one tag total? Minnesota breaks the state into several hundred permit areas, the overwhelming majority are "Lottery," meaning you can take one deer and have to draw for a doe permit for gun season, or "Hunter's Choice," meaning you can take one deer but can take either or. A handful of areas are "Managed," meaning you can take two deer, but only one buck, and very few "Intensive Harvest," which is up to 5 but only one buck. Anywhoo, seeing all these does on the contest makes me think of the good old days when you could take a doe for some venison and then wait for a buck. Our population is healthy but the DNR says people want to see more deer. How many other states only let you take one deer even though there's no shortage?
10-07-2012, 07:21 PM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Southeast Nebraska
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Nebraska is unlimited does, and a total of two bucks. You can get a tag for either or in basically any unit you want, last year had some "earn a buck" permits, but those were done away with this year. You could also get a season choice state wide, archery statewide, rifle statewide buck only, or muzzleloader permit which is state wide....
10-08-2012, 07:04 AM
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Typical Buck
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Location: northernwestern south dakota
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South dakota has 1 "any deer" statewide tag or 1 east river and 1 west river and i think you can have up to 4 "any antlerless" tags which are state wide. If you get the east river and west river any deer tags then you can only get 3 antlerless tags. So 5 tags max i guess.
Last edited by sdhunter11; 10-08-2012 at 07:12 AM.
10-08-2012, 10:13 AM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Auburn, IN
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Without including the urban zones, Indiana has a one buck rule. I'm my county (DeKalb) I can harvest a total of 11 deer if I used my tags right. My county has a "bonus" tag limit of 8 doe after your normal tags, which include either sex in archery and muzzleloader plus a buck only tag in firearms. However you could take just does if you want to buy the bonus tags. And if I wanted to go one county north or west I could take 8 more does in each of those counties. They say the herd is way up but i dont see it.
10-09-2012, 05:04 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Started in one state, that had a limit of one deer. It killed archery for years. Couldn't stand getting a deer in archery season, and missing the opening of the traditional gun season.
Lot of states now with fewer hunters, or a lot fewer than they had years ago.
Lot of states now with fewer hunters, or a lot fewer than they had years ago.
10-10-2012, 08:32 AM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southern New Hampshire
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Bob actually your allowed 5 tags, 1 for gun / muzzeloader, different units have their own regulations, 2 for archery, regular archery tag / either sex & special archery which has to be an antlered deer, and then 2 unit M tags which have to be antlerless deer and can be taken by any legal means, gun or bow.