Probably all will be donated to sportsman against hunger. So they can pump up their chests and feel like heros.  Program should be called “Slaughter Against Hunger”

Posted by Chupacabra Crappie on January 27

I assume all the mistakenly shot bucks are in the white trailer.

Posted by BIGPOND on January 27

On top of the disturbing amount of dead deer, they were probably all shot behind a high fence.

Posted by mossyoak on January 27

Very respectful picture.

Posted by Treehugger on January 27

What possible positive could come from posting a picture like this?  Let the non-hunters have a field day sending this around.  Shame on all involved.

Posted by moneycreekstoney on January 27

I hesitate to make a negative comment on this picture because i dont know the circumstances of the farm/farms these deer were taken from.  Wait a second, no i wont hesitate, this is an absolute joke and disgrace to hunters.  I see no circumstance where taking this many does out of the population in one area is a good idea.  I agree with Matt1961, we need to stop blaming the DNR for the shrinking of our herd.  If our deer herd is ever in trouble the only blame should go to idiots like the guy in the picture, purely stupid!

Posted by carrollcountyhunter2024600 on January 27

Tim - I know you said you did not know where this photo was taken but does that mean “no idea” or do you know that it was Illinois, just not the county?

Posted by buckbull on January 27

Who is to say that this isn’t a picture of legal deer that 20 or 30 guys shot and all butcher together? Maybe its outside of a butcher’s place of business? Maybe its just a bunch of yayhoos filling tags because they had nothing else to do and the DNR gave them the green light. Don’t know, but probably not the most tasteful pic.

Posted by aerosmith16 on January 27

Not the most thought out picture, whatever it may be from, hunting party, deer processors, one man doe managment. I don’t know what to think here.

Posted by bowfisher1 on January 27

Probably sharp shooters hired by the state on some public ground my guess.

Posted by doubleshock on January 27

That looks like the same white trailer that use to get pulled around the country side during shotgun season when I was kid. All the locals in my small town would fear them ruining their hunting spots. They would drive along side the road, and when they seen no car/truck parked, the whole family would get out and hurry and walk through anyones ground. Then, as quick as they could, carry their kills back to the trailer and take off. The only reason I found out about them when I was younger was because I about got nailed by flying bullets more than once. Each time, I would see more than a half dozen orange bodies moving quickly, blasting away at anything running. Scarry!!!!!

Posted by Dr Chollokee on January 27

Just ask yourself:  What does this photo represent?  Is it good or bad for the hunting community?  Does it respect the sport we love or somehow degrade it?  Don’t really care if it’s legal or not.  You could remove the hunter and I think it would still cause problems.

Posted by bowhunterdave on January 27

This seems like a serious game of 20 questions.  Without any questions. 
Just a whole lot of guesses.

Without proper context, the post seems more like ‘troll baiting’. 
Some bite hard. 

Posted by virtualSniper on January 27

Definitely looks like a rifle he is holding. No endcap for the magazine like you see with auto loaders or pump actions. It could be some off brand of shotgun but it is hard to think anything but a semi auto rifle with that profile.

Also, did anyone notice the wierd looking doe in the front of the pile in the middle? It looks like the head of a small cow elk, notice the lack of white near the eyes and ears along with the high forehead. If it is an elk then that is a definite no-no in Illinois (except maybe high fence).

I also see very few leg tags in picture.

Posted by joe4683 on January 27

It’s rumored that the DNR is coming out with a new Button you can buy: “I took the herd so the herd can’t grow”

Posted by walmsley on January 27

I believe it was Grant Woods who said, for every doe you shoot, you remove an average of 2-1/2 deer from the heard for the next hunting season. 
This is something I consider every time I harvest a doe. I wish more would.

Posted by Cooper on January 27

I find it absolutely disgusting.  But I’ve never seen anything remotely like this where I hunt.  Maybe that’s because I hunt public land and tags are more limited.  It that’s the norm, then all you fretting about the state of the herd are absolutely correct.
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And Tim since:
“Why it’s not from my farm, I do know where it’s from.”
Why not say where?  They are obviously proud of what they did, given the picture and the smile on the guys face, so why the secrecy?  Who did this?

Posted by Murdy on January 27

This photo is absurd there is no ethical reason for ever harnesting that many deer from anywhere in one season let alone one weekend. Hopefully this is some lockers sick attempt at joke and not really from a “hunting” trip. If it is real the legality is not an issue I just don’t see how anyone who calls themself a ethical sporstman could justify taking that many animals. Hunters like the one in the picture are as much the problem in the state deer herd as are the ones controlling it from Springfield. I also again hope this isn’t real but if it is this guy has succeeded in doing nothing but affect the hunting in his area for himself and more importantly his neighbors for years to come. Think about it for every mature doe killed you have removed three deer from the herd, yes that is how population is controlled but not like in the above photo. There can’t be enough of a herd left to sustain a healthy population for all to continue to enjoy the hunt. If it is a true photo I do hope the proper authorities get a hold of this “hunter” and find enough violations to nail his butt to the wall, I guess it would be poetic justice for tying to be a such a “master hunter”.

Posted by Agger808 on January 28

The ‘real’ problem is who gets to decide the deer population number.  The picture cannot speak for itself.  It probably is legal, as it wouldn’t be posted and annotated and risk the investigation. 

I’ll take my bite now…

If the total take here is for one location and a short duration, that area had a over abundance of deer in my opinion.  The ground is not snow covered and seemingly wooded, so I doubt its a ‘yarded’ herd.  Perhaps it is a park district / urban border. 

If its a sharp shooter operation(which is my first guess), the poser would seem to be ‘celebrating’.  This does seem off putting.  Culling deer to this degree is a job.  Perhaps its his first operation.  Not necessarily one to pose with your tool.  But the purpose of hunting is to reduce the population while maintaining it being thought of a fine and worthy tradition.  When hunting fails to manage an area, perhaps a few snipers were needed for the job.

When is the curtain going to be lifted???

Posted by virtualSniper on January 28

My information on the pic I posted above is, it is from southern Iowa. It is an outfitter thinning out the deer herd on the leases in the late antlerless seasons. Perfectly legal and Exactly what modern deer management says should be done since their paying clients don’t come to shoot Does. Something that outfitters are constantly acused of not doing.

It’s no different than Will County above- God forbid they don’t let photo’s get out of 300 dead deer. Out of sight, out of mind.

Posted by walmsley on January 29

Yep that is a picture from a small 30 acre lease in Monona County, IA.  remember that is the state according to Tim that has it ALL FIGURED OUT!!!  I love it Tim!

You could put a picture up on your blog of anything and write 20 lines of BS and half the people in this state take it as gospel.  C’Mon people no one in IL could have a trailor like this if you read Tim’s blogs all the experts that respond already told you there are no does in IL.  hard to kill a trailer of 50 when no county in IL has 50 living doe in it.

Posted by PIMPSTAFFER HATER on January 30

Take a good look at that gun to. It looks like a rifle to me not a shotgun.

Posted by erjbowhunter on January 31