Counting shots

Hunted in 4-A opening day, counted 91 shots by 9:00am.Doe were legal..Hunted in 2-C first saturday,doe were legal, 97 shots by 9:00AM. Both WMU about the same with a shot a minute.Used my game ear so I could hear the really faraway shots. Don't know what you all heard. Anybody else a shot counter??...WF

I am a counter, The first day I stopped counting 45 minutes into the season when the first set of deer were coming in to my stand, I just never got back on track after they went through.

The first 45 minutes i was up to 57 shots. Then the rest of the day (this is a guess) at least 250 for the first day. No hearing amplfilication, just my plain ear.

Yeah I count shots! First day I hunted 2C, near Hecla, I stopped counting @ 10 am at that time I was at 87. When doe ran consecutively with buck it would be 150 by lunch time.

If I try to count the fish I catch, I lose count at about 6 or 7 so it'd be worthless to try counting shots. I will try on Saturday.

Been very surprised by the relative lack of shooting overall.

Have hunted about 9 hours in 2D (split season) - including the morning of opening day, last Thursday evening and last Saturday evening. I've heard maybe 25 shots, including time when I was at home last Saturday for most of the day while my wife worked and I was on dad duty. Definitely more deer around where I hunt in 2D the past couple of years with the split seasons. Far less hunters though it seems.

Have hunted about 7 hours in 2B (basically unlimited tags and opportunities to shoot does) - including the late afternoon/evening of opening day, one morning hunt and one evening hunt. First day I heard maybe 15 shots in 4 hours. Two other days, I've heard maybe 10 shots combined. I duck hunted in 2B this morning, and did not hear one shot.

First day in 2B there are usually about 10 shots an hour. In the immediate area of 2B in Butler County that I hunt, the deer herd has been absolutely pounded the past 5-6 years, but I've also seen a lot less hunters driving to and from hunting there. Although on the property I hunt in 2B, I am seeing probably 30% more deer this year than I did last year.

Wasn't there a report last year of 199 by 9:00? Must be less deer this year.....WF

i counted a whole 10 shots fired on the first day. no ground left to hunt around here. lots of deer though.

Counting shots is like answering email, posting to forums, or playing Angry Birds while not seeing any deer when hunting.
 
 
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