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    • Ben M.
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        How many bucks can you guys shoot in your State? We’re restricted to only one here in Kansas; either one whitetail or one mule deer. I had a large 10 point buck offer a perfect broadside shot at 8 yards today (stood still for at least five minutes). But I’ve already used my only buck tag so all I could do was grind my teeth and watch all that meat vanish into the woods.

        Part of the one-buck rule is, of course, herd population management. But another part of it -a large part, I think- is growing big bucks (the animal kind and the paper kind). Hunting is big business in Kansas. A non-resident whitetail permit costs $346.96, and we sell a lot of ’em; 22,028 of them this year alone. Couple that with the cost of a hunting license, lodging, food, outfitters, fuel, etc, etc, and you wind up with some really big numbers.

        I followed the law today, but I didn’t like it. It was hard, knowing that I had to forfeit that meat to attract a tourist with money.

        EDIT: Not all non-resident whitetail permits cost that much. There are some special circumstances in which they are cheaper.

      • Jason Wesbrock
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          Illinois allows two antlered bucks per season, all weapons combined.

          Wisconsin allows one per season on an archery tag and another on a gun tag.

        • Ptaylor
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            In California you can purchase 2 over the counter deer tags a season. Almost all of those are buck only tags. I know of one that is either sex, and you can only get one of those. Then there are a couple doe lottery tags.

            CA has been a buck only state since about the ’50s. The CDFW had a antlerless rifle hunt back then, and the public’s perception was too many does were harvested. Even though the CDFW did not agree. Because of the concern, a law came about which allowed a County to veto state sanctioned antlerless hunts. The state has become so frustrated with trying to institute doe hunts and having them vetoed by County politicians, that they don’t even try to set up antlerless hunts any more. Most CDFW biologists just call what they do monitoring instead of managing now.

          • Alexandre Bugnon
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              NY: two bucks. one archery/muzzle, one regular gun . You can bowhunt throughout all weapons seasons.

              doe tags vary according to regions. My region, 3 North, usually allows two doe tags.

            • CareyE
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                PA is one buck per year irregardless of the weapon. Antlerless tags are alotted by management unit. A hunter can apply for up to three antlerless tags with more available in special reg areas.

              • Patrick
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                  Michigan allows 2 per year. One of the two must have at least four points on one side.

                • Ben M.
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                    We can purchase five whitetail antlerless-only tags in KS, though not all five can be used in all deer management units. There is also a lottery drawing for antlerless-only mule deer. I think, if drawn, you are eligible for a single tag. I’m not sure because I’ve never done it. The mulies live hundreds of miles from where I live.

                  • Fallguy
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                      Minnesota is 1 buck per season. Bonus doe tags are only issued in certain area’s.

                    • Bruce Smithhammer
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                        Generally one per year here, although there are some options to purchase a 2nd tag.

                        Our deer regs mystify me a bit. We have a short muley season (only 2 weeks) even though I see plenty of them around, all the time. And it’s in mid-Oct, early for typical deer seasons, and well before the rut, though it’s buck-only. Not sure what the thinking behind this is (well, I have some ideas…).

                        And I wish we had options for multiple whitetail in a given season – they’re spreading like wildfire around here, are non-native, and out-compete the muleys. Why not open it up?

                      • Etter1
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                          Ga is two bucks. One must have 4 or more points on a side, but we also have many check in WMA hunts and quota hunts where deer tags are provided by the state. This year I’ve killed six deer so far but two of them were tagged by the state and really I could have killed four on free tags at this point.

                          I have a buddy who is up to 8 deer right now but he has only had to tag two of them on his license. He loves “free” deer.

                        • grumpy
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                            License comes with 2 tags for antlered deer, and a lottery for one antlerless tag. I didn’t enter the lottery, be lucky to get one. That is in Mass. States here are close enough so you can get license in more than one state, thus get more deer. Don’t know the cost of out of state licenses.

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