Author Topic: How many deer can you harvest in your state? (Read 2230 times)

z1 · « **on:** December 09, 2003, 01:48:51 PM »

In Georgia you can take 10 anterless deer and 2 with antlers. One with antlers must have 4 points one one side that are one inch or longer. That is what is on the license.

If memory serves, deer taken on Wildlife Management Area hunts do not count against the license.

Also, as I remember, the ones you bag with the pickup do not count against the license. One dude that I know has bagged 3 this year with his Ford.

Deer and road kills are not unusual just outside and inside of I285, Atlanta's perimeter highway. 10-15 minutes from downtown. Nearly hit one while driving my son's CRX.

Thomas Krupinski · « **Reply #1 on:** December 09, 2003, 02:50:58 PM »

One per calendar year here in Arizona.

markc · « **Reply #2 on:** December 10, 2003, 02:16:51 AM »

It seems that grand total for whitetail here in Tx is 5, and one or more mule deer. Need to take a look at my license. Each county in the state can set more restrictive bag limits. So even if the license has 5 tags, 2 buck and 3 doe, that doesn't mean that you can harvest all of them. Depends on the county in which you hunt. We have some 1 buck counties and then others which allow 2 buck and 3 doe.
markc

SingleShotShorty · « **Reply #3 on:** December 10, 2003, 10:29:09 AM »

Here in Oklahoma the combined season bag limit is a total of 6 deer and may include no more than 3 bucks.

B_Koes · « **Reply #4 on:** December 11, 2003, 08:17:51 AM »

Generally about 1 per car...although I have a family member that took out 2 with 1 Surburban!

:-D

Dutch/AL · « **Reply #5 on:** December 11, 2003, 06:45:44 PM »

Here in Alabam we can take 2 deer a day, no tags required, for a total of somewhere around 218 deer per season. However, I ain't never known anyone to pull it off yet. I do however know a few guys that have taken around 25 deer in one season with their bow.

Here with a bow we are allowed either 1 buck and 1 doe a day, or 2 does, but not 2 bucks in a single day. Even with a centerfire rifle in some counties we are allowed 2 deer a day the entire length of the season. They are allowing such liberal bag limits now, because in some parts of the state the population is getting way out of hand. Some areas have over 45 deer per square mile. :toast:

pa ridge-runner · « **Reply #6 on:** December 12, 2003, 01:22:41 AM »

:-D Here in Pa we can only take one buck per year.We can take as many doe as we have a tag for.Usually most hunters get 2 doe tags although in special regulation areas the tags are unlimited.If a hunter holds a flintlock permit he can kill either a buck or doe with it in that season if he hasn't killed a buck yet.It gets confusing,but, what else is new! :?

grouper sandwich · « **Reply #7 on:** December 12, 2003, 03:04:42 AM »

I hunt in both Florida and Georgia, mainly in Georgia. The regs are very different, as are the herds.

Florida: Two deer per day, bucks only no antler restrictions, from Thanksgiving through the end of February. Antlerless for one week of the season, one antlerless and one antlered or two antlered. BTW, our deer herd in Florida is beyond pathetic. The state estimates that 140,000 deer are harvested a year with 110,000 being antlered, most 1 1/2 old. It is either sex during bow season, but only one can be antlerless. No antlerless harvest, except by special permit only, on WMA's. Yeah I know, Florida is backwards. Not only can we not vote correctly, but we can't manage game either.

Georgia: 12 deer per year, 10 antlerless and 2 antlered, one must have 4 points or more on one side. Georgia has probably the best big bucks in the herd of any state in the south. Not as many overall deer as Alabama (1.9 mil to 1.2 mil), but there is a much better buck to doe ratio and a ton of B&C and P&Y bucks. Georgia is the model of how to manage a quality deer herd in the south. I would imagine that if Bama could ever get their herd down to around 1-1.3 mil, that they would adopt similar regs.

HoCoMDHunter · « **Reply #8 on:** December 12, 2003, 03:39:39 AM »

Maryland is divided into four different zones. In the zone I hunt we can take unlimited does and up to two bucks per season (bow, ml and rifle). We have to get two does before we take the second buck.

Dave in WV · « **Reply #9 on:** December 12, 2003, 03:44:26 AM »

West Virginia: by county from two to nine.

jhm · « **Reply #10 on:** December 12, 2003, 03:55:46 AM »

Arkansas STATEWIDE the season bag limit is 3 deer. A season bag limit may contain 2 legal bucks and one doe. Hunters must obey zone and WMA restrictions and may hunt in different zones and WMA so long as the statewide season bag limit is not exceeded. (taken from this years game book )

JIM

Power · « **Reply #11 on:** December 12, 2003, 05:21:17 AM »

1 buck w/ 3 points on one side minimum per year in WA state. Special permits allow for does. Some GMU's allow for any whitetail buck (we have both in many areas). In any case you are allowed no more than 1 deer per year (exceptions are special damage hunts).

IATRKYHNTR · « **Reply #12 on:** December 12, 2003, 05:51:31 AM »

Almost unlimited this year in IOWA, normal year it is 2 bucks, one bow and one for a firearms season, and 3 does for any of the regular seasons, (bow, early muzzy, shotgun 1 or 2, and late muzzy) The you can get 3 more doe tags for the special late doe season. BUT this year you can but as many late season doe tags, until the quota is full. So on a normal year, 8 deer, two of which can be Bucks.

IATRKYHNTR
Nathan

Myk · « **Reply #13 on:** December 12, 2003, 08:26:24 AM »

Illinois Resident bow tags are over the counter. You get one either sex and one antlerless. They are available until you can't find any more stores that have them.
You can try for a firearms permit or a muzzleloader permit in a random draw (almost guaranteed to get one, very possible to get two in some counties). But you can't apply for both seasons in the draw. After the random draws are over you can buy the left over tags no matter which season for what ever county they are available in.
I'm not sure about the special population control pistol hunts, I think anyone can apply for those no matter what permits you've already applied for.
Only 2 bucks per season no matter what the method or the permits you hold.

freddogs · « **Reply #14 on:** December 13, 2003, 09:26:01 AM »

In Wisconsin I bought a patron's license. You get an archery any deer tag and a gun buck tag.They threw in 2 T-zone tags which are good for antlerless deer in specific areas in archery,gun or special t-zone season. You can also buy left over doe tags in some areas. They limit you to buying 2 leftover tags a day. I had 6 tags this year and filled 3, I can still archery hunt but I have enough deer.

onesonek · « **Reply #15 on:** December 14, 2003, 03:12:48 AM »

Here in MN. the most one personcan take is 5 deer( with mangement or harvest permits). The general tag is for 1 buck ( unless, applied and received doe permit ). Archery is 1 deer either sex, with management or harvest permits available. Muzzleloader is either sex, with M/H permits available. The all-season license is 1 buck regular firearms ( unless doe permit ) and 1 doe with either Archery or ML, with M/H permits available.
The state has 4 zones, and 350+ areas. While these are constant, their management varies from one year to the next. Zones 1&2 are centerfire rifle, 3&4 slug (handguns may be used state wide, during firearms season). ML and Archery are state wide.
Personally, I like the All-Season setup. It gives me more flexiblity and time in the field.

grrdt · « **Reply #16 on:** February 15, 2004, 07:27:12 AM »

in wisconsin ,because they want to get rid of deer with CWD you can shoot as many does as you want :lol: . but for every buck you shoot you have to shoot a doe first :evil: . thiat is realy anoying

Chuck White · « **Reply #17 on:** February 15, 2004, 08:09:34 AM »

Here in New York, you can take 3, 4 if you get a Deer Mgt Permit (doe), 5 if you draw a permit for the Southern Tier!

Without any special tags/permits you can take 3!

1 during Bow Season (Northern Zone, either sex)
1 during Muzzle Loader Season (Northern Zone, sex depends on GMU)
1 during Regular Rifle Season (Northern Zone, Buck)

If you happen to have a tag left over from last year, you can hunt during the Early Bow Season (last 4 days of September)!
In that case you could actually take 6 deer during the hunting season!

ihuntbucks · « **Reply #18 on:** February 15, 2004, 09:05:22 AM »

Just like to add one thing Dutch/AL left out on deer in Bama.All is correct,except on National Forest Land.You cannot take a doe with gun or bow,even if it's in a county that "hunter's choice" is in effect at that time. Rick

Dutch/AL · « **Reply #19 on:** February 15, 2004, 12:38:45 PM »

Rick, there are a lot more special restrictions than the one you mentioned on National Forest Land. I didn't make a list of those, simply because there are so many, and they affect the minority, instead of the majority.

My lease in Lowndes County for instance restricts each member to 4 bucks of which each must be 8 point or better with at least a 16 inch inside spread.

Another example would be on National Wildlife Refuges, only 1 deer per day is allowed with bow and arrow even though the statewide general regulation is 2 per day.

In general, the average Alabama deer hunter can legally take 218 deer per season with no tags required, barring special regulations and restrictions of specific hunting areas.
:-)