Whoever said hunting doe was easy...
11-09-2007, 05:43 AM
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Whoever said hunting doe was easy...
WAS WRONG!!!!! I am now hunting does and have 7 days left to fill one of my two antlerless archery tags. But how can I fill one if I dont see any does and all I see are bucks????
Lastnight I wasnt in the stand more than 15 minutes and heard some walking behind me, i look over my right shoulder and I see a deer, I figured a big doe, I was wrong, darn spike buck. 30 minutes later I hear more walking, look again, another buck....grrrrr.....I no longer turn around and see 5 deer out in the field about 150 yards out.....I could tell 3 were bucks and couldnt really make out the others, they were pretty small anyway. Im thinking yearling does. What the heck gives this year where did all my does go that i was seeing all early season. 
Lastnight I wasnt in the stand more than 15 minutes and heard some walking behind me, i look over my right shoulder and I see a deer, I figured a big doe, I was wrong, darn spike buck. 30 minutes later I hear more walking, look again, another buck....grrrrr.....I no longer turn around and see 5 deer out in the field about 150 yards out.....I could tell 3 were bucks and couldnt really make out the others, they were pretty small anyway. Im thinking yearling does. What the heck gives this year where did all my does go that i was seeing all early season.
11-09-2007, 05:49 AM
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Location: One mile east of West Podunk Tx
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RE: Whoever said hunting doe was easy...
I have 3 doe tags that could be filled during archery season on my lease. I still have them and archery season is over. The landowner told me to kill does. When I talked to him about not getting it done he didn't care. Said he wanted me to fill all my tags for my benefit. He doesn't care about the herd too much. I'll try to fill a couple of the tags on other properties I have plans to hunt over the next couple of months. But I tell you a mature doe is no slam dunk by any means!
11-09-2007, 05:54 AM
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RE: Whoever said hunting doe was easy...
Fooling, getting drawn on, and killing a Mature Doe is every bit as hard or harder than killing a Mature Buck. Bucks areusually on drugs when we shoot them anyway. When their antlers are hard they are in Rut
Dan
Dan
11-09-2007, 06:26 AM
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RE: Whoever said hunting doe was easy...
Truth is bucks are usually ALONE! Does donpt typically travel that way. I've seen about 5 GREAT looking does this year that I'd be extremely proud to take. One was a big ol girl that would probably go 150#'s+. She was definitely the matriarch....and she isn't a dummy, either.
I've had good luck with does, this year (6), but I'm going to do something different, next year....and try to take one maybe two MATURE does. The longer I'm in the woods....the more I think I can age does. I can definitely distinguish fawn and yearling does.....and the 2.5+ are getting easier, too. I'm seeming to see them about the same time I start seeing bucks in my area.
They are every bit as hard to kill, for me (MATURE does). I have zero (mature does) to my name.....but 2 mature bucks (3.5 & 4.5). I hope to change that!
I've had good luck with does, this year (6), but I'm going to do something different, next year....and try to take one maybe two MATURE does. The longer I'm in the woods....the more I think I can age does. I can definitely distinguish fawn and yearling does.....and the 2.5+ are getting easier, too. I'm seeming to see them about the same time I start seeing bucks in my area.
They are every bit as hard to kill, for me (MATURE does). I have zero (mature does) to my name.....but 2 mature bucks (3.5 & 4.5). I hope to change that!
11-09-2007, 06:44 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Whoever said hunting doe was easy...
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
They are every bit as hard to kill, for me (MATURE does).
They are every bit as hard to kill, for me (MATURE does).
Yes, I agree. There are more of them generally, which makes it 'easier' to get one, as opposed to a rairer mature buck....but try to target a particular one that blown your stand in the past?......not so easy.
11-09-2007, 08:06 AM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2007
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RE: Whoever said hunting doe was easy...
Yea those ol does are sure a pain to harvest when they mature. They are extreamly smart and always seem to have the one up on me. How ever i have one to my name and several 2.5 year olds.
11-09-2007, 08:26 AM
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Dominant Buck
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Location: Ramsey , Indiana
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RE: Whoever said hunting doe was easy...
Anyone who thinks does are easy to hunt has probably never tried hunting them. Anymore I'll shoot a buck if it crosses my path, but when I want a challenge I go doe hunting. Defeating all those eyes, ears, and noses is the most challenging thing I've ever done while hunting.
11-09-2007, 09:15 AM
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RE: Whoever said hunting doe was easy...
I didn't say that..I'm easily at 3:1 or greater in buck sightings this year compared to does. I've passed up 2 shots at doe. Thinking I didn't want to mess things up. Now I only have til NOV 25th to use 2 tags. And this time of year it's tough to shoot a doe..you never know whats behind her.