O.K. Deer Hunters...what are your nicknames for deer

[Warden70]

Here in NS, the common terms for these woodland creatures: Deer= "woods cow" Porcupine= "quill pig" Moose= "swamp donkey"

 

[rookie wildcat]

Mulie, blacktail, whitey....buck , doe....

This, right here...

How cute...little nicknames that take longer to say than deer, buck, doe, or fawn.


Guess it must be a generational thing. I don't have time to figure out cute little names. I'm too busy putting them in the freezer. But, you guys go ahead...love them, feed them, call them "George"...

 

[rookie wildcat]

Here in NS, the common terms for these woodland creatures: Deer= "woods cow" Porcupine= "quill pig" Moose= "swamp donkey"

Wow, I must have hunted for 30 yrs in a different NS, because we called them deer, porcupine, and moose... But, hey, I only hunted Kings, Annapolis, Queens, Hants, and Halifax counties, but, I never heard of a "quill pig"

 

[treebutcher]

Wow, I must have hunted for 30 yrs in a different NS, because we called them deer, porcupine, and moose... But, hey, I only hunted Kings, Annapolis, Queens, Hants, and Halifax counties, but, I never heard of a "quill pig"

The most common name here in Annapolis county is "deer, buck, doe" or "hey get out of my garden" I have never heard any of these nick names

 

[ljones]

And you left Rudolph for us?
Wow, Merry Christmas to you.

Errrrrr, is this okay?

Just figured it was unsporting to take an animal with a glowing nose, makes it too easy to spot

 

[electricjesus]

"you delicious bastards"

 

[savagelh]

this year they are all named scarce

 

[MiG25]

"Gunny Sack Beef" is another old time name I have heard for venison.

 

[Deerdr]

"garden getters"

 

[45ACPKING]

Mulie, blacktail, whitey....buck , doe....

Same here.... None of the hunters I know have names for animals.... Except maybe "deep freeze" , cuz that where they all go before the end up in ma belly.

 

[Brutus]

food, really good food.......

 

[kamlooky]

"garden getters"

Henry..........right Doc?

 

[Brutus]

Edit: We are bombarded with hunting shows as of late. Some good some and some bad. Lately it's popular to name the deer one sees from their treestand and calling them 'my deer' or 'That's George, the deer we fed all last winter to get bigger horns.' I think this is a very poor practice as it humanizes the deer in the eyes of younger children and highly impressionable people.
To them it's now a pet that you love and hold like a fluffy stuffy.

 

[maple leaf]

Dinner

 

[Dench]

Little bastards
Mother ####ers

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Farmer friend of mine refers to them as White Tailed Rats. Something about his crops they like to eat.

Grizz

 

[hawk-i]

Same as Gatehouse I call them by their real names....but I also had a dog named "dog".

 

[beretta boy]

Whitetails ... Buck, doe & fawn.

One of the older members in camp sometimes refers to large, well-antlered bucks as a "big bruisers".

 

[theplat]

Bambi. I paint 'em all with the same brush.

this

 

[fraserdw]

Anything female or male under 170" is a "meat deer", anything 170"- 180'" is "just a shooter buck", after that they get a little more resect... ( insert any amount of, or combination of expletives, as needed before each of the following) "draggy footed ol' granddaddy"..."ground pounder"( because when seen their usually in high gear), or most commonly... "that f#@$%#g ghost" that leaves those draggy footed tracks.

Think I been to that tavern too!!!!