I do not count anymore, but maybe 125 or more. Much easier then archery! Many on a dead run in the thick too. I have been here over 25 to 26 years and around 5 a year with revolvers. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Sometimes I get 3 with a bow, sometimes 1. Depends, archery is more work. I get lazy.
Somewhere in there are a few with a rifle and ML and even a cap and ball revolver. Maybe 2 with a single shot pistol.
I am entirely sick of gutting and cutting meat.
It gets old and after I pull the trigger it is "oh, nuts, more work."
My question is 'How many deer have you killed JWP?" I am not proud, it is a life that I thank God for. It is meat to eat, not a thing to brag about. I do not waste an ounce.

300 deer with the bow and 125 with the handgun. You posted above that you averaged 5 to 7 deer a year. Useing 6 deer per year average means that you averaged 6 per year for 70.833333 years

That is a hell of an average.... WOW

Thanks, for the info

I don't know where you get figures but I never said 300 with a bow.
You put words in others mouths. You asked about the revolver and I gave it to you straight.
Now I don't know my bow kill figures exactly, might be 200?? Maybe 250???
It was my tool of choice and I never high power rifle hunted except for a few times. My total with a flintlock would make you dizzy.
Yes I have taken a lot of deer in many states and was involved in orchard cull hunting with unlimited tags.
Do I hurt your feelings? Did I learn what arrows, bullets/boolits do?
I have friends that kill 16 to 20 deer a season, they donate meat.
My best day was when I shot 5 with 5 shots at an arsenal. I could not give more away. Then the rest of seasons.
Yes, if I drop a deer and another hunter walks up and tries to steal it, I get angry. If he says nothing I will ask him if he wants it.
I probably give more deer and meat away then you ever seen. I have friends that triple that amount.
Stop trying to bluff others here.
If I made a scratch on my walls for every deer, I would not have walls. A few I know would have scratched their house down.
You do not know deer like I do. You can not fool them and make them come to you or feed all around you. Deer are so stinking easy it is unreal.
I don't brag, no need, it is stupid.
I am not and have never been a trophy hunter, big deer meat sucks and antlers never get soft enough to eat.
Get off your high horse and answer how many deer you have taken. I don't really care but you seem to avoid it.
Killing more does not make you a better man, just one in hard conditions makes you a hunter and has respect. It could take a hunter 20 years to get a deer depending on where he lives. He gets a pat on the back.
It seems you live where you can take a lot of deer but it seems you fail. It is OK, I will not bad mouth you but your ego needs bad mouthed.
Am I proud, NO, every deer is God's creature but the herd needs thinned. It is for their benefit and the environment.

Your words, not mine. I got your numbers from you and now you are changing the numbers -- which one is correct. Now you say: "Now I don't know my bow kill figures exactly, might be 200?? Maybe 250???"


"I shoot 5 to 7 deer a season but only until I can not give meat away."
Then you said you have been on cull hunts.

Now you mention enough flintlock kills to blow my mind. What's the truth, Jim?

OK Guys...

I am ready to lock this is if you don't settle down...

Lock it! JWP is making stuff up. I will no longer respond to him myself. I answer truthfully.
Personal stuff does not belong on any site. I get carried away a little when I get personally bashed, can't help it and it is no good for others, I am sorry.
I was wrong to respond the way I did and apologize.

jwp475 called me on the phone and asked for a chance at an answer so I am allowing it; that is only fair.

I QUOTE jwp475:

"44man, these site offer a valuable service to those seek answers as long as the info provided is accurate and concise, I am only wanting to get to the facts.


In post #110869 you posted the following

Quote: I do not count anymore, but maybe 125 or more. Much easier then archery! Many on a dead run in the thick too. I have been here over 25 to 26 years and around 5 a year with revolvers. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Sometimes I get 3 with a bow, sometimes 1. Depends, archery is more work. I get lazy.
Somewhere in there are a few with a rifle and ML and even a cap and ball revolver. Maybe 2 with a single shot pistol.
I am entirely sick of gutting and cutting meat.
It gets old and after I pull the trigger it is "oh, nuts, more work."
My question is 'How many deer have you killed JWP?" I am not proud, it is a life that I thank God for. It is meat to eat, not a thing to brag about. I do not waste an ounce.


Here in post #110773 you posted

Quote: I always loved bow hunting and am somewhere around 300 bow kills on deer.
I have had bows where you could never hit a deer or squirrel because of the high frequency noise you cant hear. Others do not bother them.
Gun fire does not bother deer, only a bullet hitting close to them or the sonic boom as it misses. Revolvers have been great and I have shot many deer in a group where the deer not shot stayed there. I shot one from a herd once and it fell. The rest of the herd bedded close. I have had to climb from a stand and shoo deer away.
The wrong bow will scare a deer faster then any gun.
To hunt from 30' or even 20' is too high. 12' to 15' is best and from the ground is even better. Your chances of a good hit decrease with the height.
I limit shots with the bow to 20-25 yards but can extend the revolver to 100. I still like 25 yards though. Make the revolver like a bow with extended range. Both kill the same.


In post #110925 you posted the following numbers

Quote: I don't know where you get figures but I never said 300 with a bow.
You put words in others mouths. You asked about the revolver and I gave it to you straight.
Now I don't know my bow kill figures exactly, might be 200?? Maybe 250???
It was my tool of choice and I never high power rifle hunted except for a few times. My total with a flintlock would make you dizzy.
Yes I have taken a lot of deer in many states and was involved in orchard cull hunting with unlimited tags.
Do I hurt your feelings? Did I learn what arrows, bullets/boolits do?
I have friends that kill 16 to 20 deer a season, they donate meat.
My best day was when I shot 5 with 5 shots at an arsenal. I could not give more away. Then the rest of seasons.
Yes, if I drop a deer and another hunter walks up and tries to steal it, I get angry. If he says nothing I will ask him if he wants it.
I probably give more deer and meat away then you ever seen. I have friends that triple that amount.
Stop trying to bluff others here.
If I made a scratch on my walls for every deer, I would not have walls. A few I know would have scratched their house down.
You do not know deer like I do. You can not fool them and make them come to you or feed all around you. Deer are so stinking easy it is unreal.
I don't brag, no need, it is stupid.
I am not and have never been a trophy hunter, big deer meat sucks and antlers never get soft enough to eat.
Get off your high horse and answer how many deer you have taken. I don't really care but you seem to avoid it.
Killing more does not make you a better man, just one in hard conditions makes you a hunter and has respect. It could take a hunter 20 years to get a deer depending on where he lives. He gets a pat on the back.
It seems you live where you can take a lot of deer but it seems you fail. It is OK, I will not bad mouth you but your ego needs bad mouthed.
Am I proud, NO, every deer is God's creature but the herd needs thinned. It is for their benefit and the environment.

No wonder there was some confusion."

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