How Many Years Without Filling Your Genral Whitetail Tag.

[58thecat]

No buck last year...got one this year though.....I like my meat but I like mature whities too.....dam toss up.

[Lefty-Canuck]

Usually get an elk with the bow and don’t need the meat so I look for a bigger one than I have already and don’t always meet that goal.

LC

[bessiedog]

Now that 2 of my kids hunt.... it’s pretty sporadic. My meat buck this year was the first white tail I’ve shot in 5 years I think.

We’ve been filling the freezer more and more with elk instead.

[Linc]

3 years now. Haven't seen as many in the last few years. Also haven't gotten out as much. Seen lots of mulies only little bucks or does though for whiteys.

[tony d]

I very rarely fill my wt tag not that I’m not able to I am primarily an elk hunter and really don’t need to I’m fussy and very rarely get excited about wt however I did see a buck Friday that has me excited about next year Lol

[calgarychef]

I wasn’t in a panick for meat this year so I let a decent buck walk away in the hopes of a bigger one. He didn’t show up and I’m fine with that.

[Mistagin]

My last whitetail buck was in 2014. The next year I was down and out with battling cancer, then my wife and I were forced to leave Ft. McMurray following the fire event of May 2016. We've since relocated to Ontario and I managed to get out with one of my adult sons in 2017, didn't see a buck. Last year I couldn't hunt due to working a contract position and having to be in Ft. McMurray dealing with our house located there (we got the repairs done and rented it out). This year I was looking forward to going with my son again, but then he got deployed (he's CAF), so I couldn't go to the camp he goes to. He's home again so I'm hoping to maybe get out for a few days yet (crossbow) if we can locate a place in a WMU where the season ends on Dec 31. Otherwise it'll be next fall before I try again (I'm hoping to buy my own property in 2020).

[last minute]

I would say 7 years .

[last minute]

Originally Posted by rembo

Took my last deer in 2010.
He's not that big but I have not seen a bigger one since.

Dam that's a nice deer

[roper1]

Fill my tag most years, busy in the fall so not overly picky. Depends on elk & Muley success also. Got a neat buck this year, my son was there so it was extra special.

[-CLM-]

7 years. Wow that's depressing when you say it out loud.

[Grizzly303]

2 years, and we don't usually pass on any buck. Pass on a doe early season, but come November couldn't get a doe or buck..

[Pioneer2]

Never.

[nimrod]

Not me this year, tag soup

[CptnBlues63]

Originally Posted by Dale S

This will be my third year. Not from the lack of trying. And have past up many over the years. I think I just love being out in the field. Maybe next year.

I live in northern AB and we have a lot of whitey's in the area so I fill my tag every year. Or at least I've managed to every year since I moved here in 2005. Who knows what next year will hold!?!?

It's worth noting that I hunt for meat, not trophies. The 3 deer in my freezer right now will all be gone by next November.

Some years I get lucky and get a buck with a nice rack (got two hanging on the wall) but I rarely look at the antlers beyond making sure it's a whitey. I check out the antlers after it's laying down.........lol

I guess a lot depends on where you hunt.........and whether you hunt for meat or trophies.

[nohlan_4]

8 years now....really thought this year was going to be the one.

[ghostguy6]

Only one year so far where I have not filled a whitetail tag and that was because my season was cut short due to an injury. I hunt for meat, not horns so Im more likely to pass on the bigger racks anyways if the deer looks like it will be tough meat.
If I ever get drawn for moose or elk then there is a chance the whitetail tag will not get used if the freezer is full. Although I might fill it anyways and donate the meat since there is always someone in need. Someone was nice enough to donate some meat to me when I was injured so it would be nice to pay it forward.

[Sooner]

2012, that can't be right . Maybe I should have shot that little buck on Saturday lol.

[astepanuk]

2017 Archery buck is the last time I folded my WT Tag. Have had lots of chance just not my priority.

[whitetail Junkie]

2013=180”er
2014=NO BUCK
2015=170”er
2016=190”er
2017=180”er
2018=145”er
2019=160”er

Besides the 2018 ground shrinkage incident this decade of whitetail hunting had been very successful.

[Rhino81]

Shoot a 150-160 every season and see probably 50 bucks I could shoot. Like fish in a barrel. Girlfriend and boy and I are normally pretty picky with the amount of deer seen daily. Have never not shot a whitetail

[mightybuck]

Last tag i filled was in 2013. Hunted hard fro 15 days this season passed on 10 150 class bucks but couldn't fill the tag even with my sone with me on some of those days. It was great to show him that you don't have to fill your tag to have a successful season. Wish more guys would let the whitetail population grow and the bucks grow to a mature size instead of just filling a tag. But those are just my beliefs...

[Rhino81]

2019

[bitterrootfly]

Originally Posted by mightybuck

Last tag i filled was in 2013. Hunted hard fro 15 days this season passed on 10 150 class bucks but couldn't fill the tag even with my sone with me on some of those days. It was great to show him that you don't have to fill your tag to have a successful season. Wish more guys would let the whitetail population grow and the bucks grow to a mature size instead of just filling a tag. But those are just my beliefs...

Amen, if you want meat shoot a doe, just my 2 cents, 2nd year in a row I haven’t filled the tag, lord knows I had my chances too

[Pioneer2]

Are the incubators shoot poor genetic bucks for meat.One buck will service many does.No i don't object to shooting does.A dry doe or two year old is very tender.I hunt to eat not decorate the house.

[Kurt505]

Here is a prime example of a 160 (4-1/2yr old) class deer I passed on. I passed on this buck on November 19th. November 20th I ended up shooting either his daddy or older brother, who was about 40” bigger. In 2 years I’ll be willing to bet this deer is in the 220”-240” range.

[bitterrootfly]

Originally Posted by Kurt505

Here is a prime example of a 160 (4-1/2yr old) class deer I passed on. I passed on this buck on November 19th. November 20th I ended up shooting either his daddy or older brother, who was about 40” bigger. In 2 years I’ll be willing to bet this deer is in the 220”-240” range.

That’s exactly the way to do it, it takes a solid man to pass a buck like that, shows a lot about your character, good on you

[trigger7mm]

Originally Posted by mightybuck

Last tag i filled was in 2013. Hunted hard fro 15 days this season passed on 10 150 class bucks but couldn't fill the tag even with my sone with me on some of those days. It was great to show him that you don't have to fill your tag to have a successful season. Wish more guys would let the whitetail population grow and the bucks grow to a mature size instead of just filling a tag. But those are just my beliefs...

Good on you guys. My son in law had an antlered mule deer tag this fall, and has never shot a muley buck. We passed on a bunch of very nice bucks because we didn’t need the meat. He shot his first moose earlier on. We had a blast looking for a monster, and didn’t regret passing on any of the great bucks we saw.

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by bitterrootfly

That’s exactly the way to do it, it takes a solid man to pass a buck like that, shows a lot about your character, good on you

I’d Kill that buck in a heart beat unless it was further than my self imposed max range or if it was on land I did not have permission on- then I wouldn't care if it was the biggest buck in existence - it would be a hard pass in my books .
Cat

[Rhino81]

Originally Posted by catnthehat

I’d Kill that buck in a heart beat unless it was further than my self imposed max range or if it was on land I did not have permission on- then I wouldn't care if it was the biggest buck in existence - it would be a hard pass in my books .
Cat

I agree 100% cat! That bucks frame work is set. Never going to be over 180 judging by the pictures. 220,240 hahahahahaha!!!!!!