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Keep in mind KD, that if you are a hard-core hunter (like I know you and your husband are), you're going to come back empty handed most days after hunting. I can't tell you the ratio I'm at, but I'd say I harvest a deer maybe 1 out of 15 times hunting. Now, keep in mind, this mainly includes bow hunting. For rifle, i'm more like 1 out of 5.

 

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I always get anxious after I kill one. My mind starts telling me the next time I go out I'm going to get another one... but that's never the case. My deer density is average. It's not high, but definately not low either. For rifle season my approach changes,,, deer are more apt to move around (at least in my area). I start seeing bucks and does that I've never seen before b/c they are chasing. During bow season, that's when I pay close attention to trail cams and try to pattern the deer and figure out where they are going and when