just wondering what percentage have their bucks, are still looking and how many orders for tag soup.

I don't have one yet, but in My case It really doesn't make any diff to me one way or the other I could have shot 2 or 3 that's good enough for me

Great season, but after hearing others locally my season might have been pure luck. My girls and I did not get to hunt much due to life getting in the way. but we maximized the hunts we had. I'd say each of us hunted 5 times, maybe 6, I didn't keep track, all before gun opened. I shot a decent buck with my bow, my oldest killed a decent doe with her bow, and my youngest killed a decent buck with her xbow. In every hunt of mine I had deer at 20 yards or less. My kids both saw deer on at least half of their hunts.

In the end, 3 deer in the freezer, all before gun season. We decided that was plenty and have not been out since. I did take a friends boy out on the gun opener and got him a great buck. But beyond that, we have let our grounds sit in refuge to give what seems to be a depleted deer herd some solitude and safety from the gun pressure.

All in all a great year for my daughters and I ... even if luck played a roll.

My season would be great if I could shoot worth a darn! I don't know what's wrong with me. Have 2 does but should have had a couple bucks.

Didn't get a deer for the second year in a row even though I could have had a doe at 7 yards... She was small so I decided to let her go... Hoping she makes it cause next year she is probably not going to get a pass if she gives me a good shot...

I did miss two bucks at Whitewater State Park... Oh well I have a lifetime license so it makes no difference to me if I get one or not and I still have meat left so I am good...

Wife was done before gun season and I was done after opening day. We left our farm in White County sit without any hunting on it, during gun season, to give the deer a place to escape the other chaos. We have water and a cut corn field right next to the woods so the deer have all they need although the acreage is only 100 acres. The CO who lives on the next road to the west is watching the property for trespassers. Got a call this afternoon from a neighbor who said the deer were stacked in the south woodlot and the road in front of the farm was like a well traveled highway in the late afternoons when the deer were hitting the cut corn. We won't hunt the property any further this year.

mine has been pretty good, wife killed her best buck yet, i killed a good buck, and could have killed 3-4 smalleer ones if i wanted.
didn`t get out as much as i wanted in bow, but will still need at least one more doe for the freezer.

I live close to White County. You want me to help watch it with my muzzleloader? It's the sharing season!

Thanks for the offer 10point. Heck, on the southside of Lafayette there are a lot of deer.

Tough Tough season and I am fine with that BUT really hard on the youngin' who hasn't gotten a deer yet. Will try late loader season a few times and see what happens. I have killed 3 does and 2 of those were not on properties we hunt.

No chances at a good buck yet. Passed up some dinks.

Still got the bow.... I'm gonna stay at it.. just want a bow harvest this year... freezer is full anyway..

I had a good season, never have seen a shooter buck yet, but I shot 2 does during bow season so I am pretty happy!

It's been a stinker. Falling in love with a woman has really thrown me off my game...

Killed a doe and a yearling early. This is unusual for me as I usually don't start killing does till late, and normally would not kill a yearling at all. However my wife is an unemployed full time student at IU, and our freezer was empty, just couldn't chance it.....My daughter also killed a doe on Monday of the second week. Since then She let a yearling walk and got busted by the doe following it. I also let 2 does walk on Saturday. The wife and daughter seen what they called a "monster" on opening day from a buddy stand but he was better than 200yds. out, so they let him go. I also seen 3 does from that same stand, but they were about 500 yds.....That's all folks. Better luck next week.

For being a whacked season, I'm done.....2 does/2 nice bucks...but the bucks were only because of the Dunes Park hunt(157" 182lb 10pt) and a special draw hunt(185lb 120" 8pt)......as for the private, it purely stunk.....limited time 'cause of the death of my friend/landowner and the Enbridge pipeline coming thru and doing all but destroying the main crp/bedding area....after 17 years of leasing the place, I dont know if I'll be back on it next season.... so the tags are filled(1 gun kill and 3 bow kills), 2 nice bucks are down, but due to the possible loss of my beloved private land, it seems like a sucky season......It just feels weird that I'm done so early .....

Freezer is full, 3 bucks and a doe. I'll still shoot a big racked buck if I see it but other than that, I'm done killing.

Haven't had a chance at anything yet other than one morning hunt, I had grunted and snort wheezed a little two point half rack in out of desperation only to squeeze the trigger on the smokepole and well......that's what's I got, a lot of smoke and the sound of sizzling water.........dumb me hunted in the rain the two days prior and on the second day hung my gun barrel up while standing for a few, heard rain drops actually bloop down the barrel but didn't shoot it off or unload it DOH!!!!this was the very next morning, took it as a SIGN I wasn't supposed to kill this little buck yet

A nice 7 point buck with my bow in early Indiana bow season and a nice size doe and nice 8 pointer with my bow on my urban Indiana property so far this year. Plus, a real-real nice 8 pointer in Missouri with my rifle. It's been an average to normal year so far for me, still have a few special hunts and the freezers are getting full for the year. I will spend the rest of the Muzzy and late bow season trying to get my son and few of my good buddies on some nice bucks and hopefully I can get a doe or two and then I will be done for the season. I have seen plenty of deer this season and wow some whoppers have been taken in Indiana and Missouri from the pictures I have seen on the web sites! Good luck to all the rest of the season!

By the looks of it, I'm a better hunter than I think I am or I'm just not picky enough to go with out getting anything because I hear other hunters saying they can't find any deer.
I have taken one doe in early bow season, it was a small one but it was my first deer with a bow. I thought I hit a buck in bow season but it didn't go down. I marked that up to experience. The first day of gun season I took a 8 point buck. Now I'm waiting for muzzleloader season to get a chance to take another doe & my bundle license will be full. It will be my version of a grand slam, one in each season.
So there won't be any tag soup for me this year.