How many deer do you shoot in a season

[Ranger22]

300 in 8months, 400+ by the end of March

 

[Leec6.5]

Red deer in general are a misery

Amen to that

 

[Ratel]

As many does as we can plus a few bucks. Gone are the days of 120 Fallow and 80+ Roe. With a few Red in the park, plus helping a mate with his last week at the hinds.

 

[wytonpjs]

OK then....at the risk of leaving myself open to utter ridicule from the "serious" deer stalkers on the site......
In a typical year I will shoot between 1 and 5 deer - maybe a few more if I need to provide venison for friends and family. My freezer is the deciding measure and as I don't have my own land, any stalking is bought days here and there. Love it and don't really care if this puts me in the mere amateur bracket

Absolutely no issues. As I’ve written elsewhere on here, I have no AGHE within reasonable distance of me so years ago when I got back into stalking like you, my culling was limited by personal freezer space/consumption. Wanting to get out more, I branched out into butchery/supply and haven’t looked back. In the last 10 years I have only put two carcasses into a game dealer; the first when I started and the last earlier this years when I simply couldn’t get the 4 fallow I’d shot into the back of my Discovery Sport. So left one in the site chiller for a friend took it and put into Hampshire game. I’m on the cusp of retiring and my current level of cull/supply means that I can continue to enjoy getting out doing what I enjoy into retirement with it being affordable.

 

[dryan]

300 in 8months, 400+ by the end of March

Hard work!

 

[devon deer stalker]

This is like asking a reindeer herder how many reindeer he owns

 

[tarponhead]

OK then....at the risk of leaving myself open to utter ridicule from the "serious" deer stalkers on the site......
In a typical year I will shoot between 1 and 5 deer - maybe a few more if I need to provide venison for friends and family. My freezer is the deciding measure and as I don't have my own land, any stalking is bought days here and there. Love it and don't really care if this puts me in the mere amateur bracket

I’m a bit similar - 6/7 per annum and climbing, now so have time, even if so don’t have the ground. I tend to shoot one eat one and give meat away, but I’ll be doing more next year.

 

[maximus otter]

BLUF: 16 this year so far.

I only shoot the three small species, locally, on agricultural land; my constraints are my handling capacity, i.e. how speedily & efficiently I can get them home, skin them, butcher them, dispose of the waste & offload the meat.

Breakdown is:

Roe, M: 6
Roe, F: 2
CWD, M: 1
CWD, F: 3
Muntjac, M: 1
Muntjac, F: 3

maximus otter

 

[Bowland blades]

its been wildly different through the last twenty years , lots of different reason why . I suppose if a person just books with a guide or guides for so many days they will be very steady unless something gets in the way like health or income loss etc

 

[Smellydog]

After a long time doing none I just get a few fallow a year now.
I'm good with it, it's fun and not a chore although extraction can be a chore sometimes.

 

[Sheamus]

54 roe so far this year but could shoot a lot more but no market for them .

Plus not just a 1 trick pony , spend a lot of time shooting rabbits , pigeons , crows , foxes etc

Bet you wont tell what else you like to do in your spare time??

Yes I must agree Reds in the rain are hard work. Especially if your knocking a few over every season.

 

[Tim.243]

View attachment 448833

A few roe does plus hopefully half a dozen more fallow does by year end will round off a good year Surprised by the in balance in muntjac - I will always take the female where possible

This was No 117 since Jan (should be around 125 but friends wife is unwell so not been over to him) + foxes

 

[ABL]

This was No 117 since Jan (should be around 125 but friends wife is unwell so not been over to him) + foxes

What scope are you using there? I have quite chunky cross hairs on my S&B 8x56. Yours looks more precise, though maybe harder to pick up sometimes?

 

[Tim.243]

What scope are you using there? I have quite chunky cross hairs on my S&B 8x56. Yours looks more precise, though maybe harder to pick up sometimes?

Hik Alpex

 

[Donkey Basher]

Bet you wont tell what else you like to do in your spare time??

Yes I must agree Reds in the rain are hard work. Especially if your knocking a few over every season. View attachment 449099

Targets will fall when hit

 

[neillfrbs]

i only shoot them to eat so don't need that many a year ,cant be bothered to sale them on ,so only about 6 to 10 a year .lots of times i go stalking get to the point of about to pull the trigger ,and hope the deer sees me and buggers off .lol good just to be out.

 

[sy247]

OK then....at the risk of leaving myself open to utter ridicule from the "serious" deer stalkers on the site......
In a typical year I will shoot between 1 and 5 deer - maybe a few more if I need to provide venison for friends and family. My freezer is the deciding measure and as I don't have my own land, any stalking is bought days here and there. Love it and don't really care if this puts me in the mere amateur bracket

It's what I did for many years, and nothing wrong with it. Just starting to do a bit more now.

 

[CWY308]

My chest freezer is full as I don’t have an outlet to sell the roe at a price that would not make me vomit. Went for a walk this afternoon and counted 10 on my ground but they can wait for now. Used to shoot numbers but post Covid it’s just not economical for me.

 

[lochty]

According to the land owner, not enough. According to my knees, too many.

 

[VSS]

According to the land owner, not enough. According to my knees, too many.

Time to take on a trainee?