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Would you shoot the first doe?
- Thread starter lawrence
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Lukeraw7
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- May 27, 2020
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I’m taking it. I walked many deer last year and before I knew it I was halfway through the season and had nothing to show. I’m killing her.
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Tons of does where I am to pull in that buck. I have no problem killing the first one that gets too close.
I've kinda latched on to the phrase
"Don't pass on day one, what you would not pass on the last day"
I've passed does with that exact thinking and have ended up eating tag soup. If a doe gives me a shot and I have a tag for her, I'm full send.
"Don't pass on day one, what you would not pass on the last day"
I've passed does with that exact thinking and have ended up eating tag soup. If a doe gives me a shot and I have a tag for her, I'm full send.
HuntNorthEast
Well-Known Member
Smoke it.
Hunter260
Well-Known Member
Depends where you hunt I guess. If it’s rare to see deer, yea light her up. Where I hunt I generally can be in bow range of a doe any time. I usually wait until I know I won’t see a buck to take does
Yes. I need the experiences. Like the WHOLE experience (walking in, climbing, shooting, trailing, dressing, dragging, etc) to really understand what I need to adjust for my system, real world is nothing like practice after all. Giving up my buck lust until I got a few public lands successes. Plus my area of Maryland has like 15 antlerless limit.....
Is that a for real question?
I feel like maybe a joke is coming or there is a prank involved
I feel like maybe a joke is coming or there is a prank involved
Yes. Every time. That said I also don’t hunt bucks exclusively. I just hunt, and believe in equal rights for my released arrows, which is what the farmer wants on the farms we hunt. He doesn’t do crop damage as long as we don’t let them walk by.
Where I'm at it's earn a buck for your second buck, you must take two doe and before your third buck, (I rarely get a chance at 3 bucks), you must take three antlerless. Our doe season starts in September and our buck season starts in October, so I'm trying to knock the does down prior to when things get very interesting.
HuntNorthEast
Well-Known Member
I kind of like that management approach.
I shoot does with fawns on purpose. My thinking is that mature deer are the smartest ones, apparently. So I want the deer in my area to have every advantage that’s aimed at helping them learn to survive, removed. The result is a dumber deer herd. Then I can be successful, because I suck at hunting.
Real talk, I agree with Mr. Koolaid. Ohhh yehhhh
Hunter260
Well-Known Member
If you wanna strictly talk management and deer herd health I think it’s a no brainer to shoot only does with fawns. Fact of the matter is in 99% of the places we hunt the doe to buck ratio is way too high and deer in general are massively overpopulated. That doe with 2 little ones is obviously fertile and reproducing, so taking her out will have much more impact Than the old doe not producing anymore
We should invent a sarcasm font. Can we make a rule that going forward, anything in italics is not to be taken seriously?
I've never heard of a doe that has quit reproducing from age. Maybe that's a thing in MO?
That's why I shoot the fawns too.