How important is doe hunting
12-14-2007, 10:56 AM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: PA
Posts: 8,167
RE: How important is doe hunting
ORIGINAL: Germ
That old girl is dead, and it was my fault I moved.Every time she came by she would look for me[:@]
She's in the freezer now
I have seen 30 deer from that stand, and she picked me off. It was my fault.
ORIGINAL: bawanajim
If the ole girls are kicken yer butt those big old bucks are safe as an ugly girls prom date. 
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ORIGINAL: Germ
You the last few years I have tried to shoot older does, I have been picked off by 0 bucks. I have had older does come look for me in trees[:@]
I challenge those who think it is easy, to try and shoot an alpha doe. I final got one after she seem me 3 times.[:@]
You the last few years I have tried to shoot older does, I have been picked off by 0 bucks. I have had older does come look for me in trees[:@]
I challenge those who think it is easy, to try and shoot an alpha doe. I final got one after she seem me 3 times.[:@]
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She's in the freezer now
I have seen 30 deer from that stand, and she picked me off. It was my fault.
I have some old doe here that would be hard to kill with a rifle.(not that theres any thing wrong with that)They do have a great memory for trouble spots.
I just have no need to kill them, as I feel they carry that bucks genes that I do so enjoy hunting.
12-14-2007, 10:59 AM
#12
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Michigan/Ohio
Posts: 11,682
RE: How important is doe hunting
ORIGINAL: bawanajim
Know you can dedicate more time to scoring some team points.
I have some old doe here that would be hard to kill with a rifle.(not that theres any thing wrong with that)They do have a great memory for trouble spots.
I just have no need to kill them, as I feel they carry that bucks genes that I do so enjoy hunting.
ORIGINAL: Germ
That old girl is dead, and it was my fault I moved.Every time she came by she would look for me[:@]
She's in the freezer now I have seen 30 deer from that stand, and she picked me off. It was my fault.
ORIGINAL: bawanajim
If the ole girls are kicken yer butt those big old bucks are safe as an ugly girls prom date. []
ORIGINAL: Germ
You the last few years I have tried to shoot older does, I have been picked off by 0 bucks. I have had older does come look for me in trees[:@]
I challenge those who think it is easy, to try and shoot an alpha doe. I final got one after she seem me 3 times.[:@]
You the last few years I have tried to shoot older does, I have been picked off by 0 bucks. I have had older does come look for me in trees[:@]
I challenge those who think it is easy, to try and shoot an alpha doe. I final got one after she seem me 3 times.[:@]
[]
She's in the freezer now
I have seen 30 deer from that stand, and she picked me off. It was my fault.
I have some old doe here that would be hard to kill with a rifle.(not that theres any thing wrong with that)They do have a great memory for trouble spots.
I just have no need to kill them, as I feel they carry that bucks genes that I do so enjoy hunting.
12-14-2007, 11:02 AM
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: PA
Posts: 8,167
RE: How important is doe hunting
ORIGINAL: Germ
You're old school
ORIGINAL: bawanajim
Know you can dedicate more time to scoring some team points.
I have some old doe here that would be hard to kill with a rifle.(not that theres any thing wrong with that)They do have a great memory for trouble spots.
I just have no need to kill them, as I feel they carry that bucks genes that I do so enjoy hunting.
ORIGINAL: Germ
That old girl is dead, and it was my fault I moved.Every time she came by she would look for me[:@]
She's in the freezer now I have seen 30 deer from that stand, and she picked me off. It was my fault.
ORIGINAL: bawanajim
If the ole girls are kicken yer butt those big old bucks are safe as an ugly girls prom date. []
ORIGINAL: Germ
You the last few years I have tried to shoot older does, I have been picked off by 0 bucks. I have had older does come look for me in trees[:@]
I challenge those who think it is easy, to try and shoot an alpha doe. I final got one after she seem me 3 times.[:@]
You the last few years I have tried to shoot older does, I have been picked off by 0 bucks. I have had older does come look for me in trees[:@]
I challenge those who think it is easy, to try and shoot an alpha doe. I final got one after she seem me 3 times.[:@]
[]
She's in the freezer now
I have seen 30 deer from that stand, and she picked me off. It was my fault.
I have some old doe here that would be hard to kill with a rifle.(not that theres any thing wrong with that)They do have a great memory for trouble spots.
I just have no need to kill them, as I feel they carry that bucks genes that I do so enjoy hunting.
12-14-2007, 11:06 AM
#14
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 5,716
RE: How important is doe hunting
I never shoot does with my bow, but I do like doe hunting.I always buy a doe tag and save it for rifle season. Really, that's the only time that I getto actually hunt with other people. I really don't even want to geta doe(if that makes any sense) - I'd much rather chase one out to someone else and let them get it. But, if I see one and the shot iswhat I'm looking for...I oblige.
12-14-2007, 11:35 AM
#15
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: How important is doe hunting
I love it when the area I hunt gives out management tags. I then usually will try and take an older looking or a bigger looking doe that has no fawns with her. I figure if she has no fawns with her she's a good one to get rid of (thinking maybe she's to old). I get pretty worked up when i know i'm going to shoot a doe, i've shot alot of doe's and to this day i still get just as excited as my first one! When i loose that excitement its time to quit hunting!I tell you what though that some of these old doe's are on the ball big time! This year I seen some of the biggest doe's ever, not one of themhad a fawn with them, they were by far the smartest whitetail's i've seen yet. If I was going to shoot them that night it would of been real tough, they had me picked out in no time 18 feet up in a tree. I shot my big 8 from the same stand1 day later and he didn't have a clue I was there.
12-14-2007, 11:43 AM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SW PA USA
Posts: 7,220
RE: How important is doe hunting
I shoot only mature bucksbut try to shoot a half dozen does each season. The family will use that many ( teenagers to feed and a dad who cant get out any more) and I am involved in a deer control program where it's good management to kill that many.
Oh, and I love trying to outwit those old matriarch does. A mature buck will get careless during the rut. A mature doe never gets careless!
Oh, and I love trying to outwit those old matriarch does. A mature buck will get careless during the rut. A mature doe never gets careless!
12-14-2007, 11:47 AM
#17
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Posts: 6,006
RE: How important is doe hunting
I enjoy shooting does, though it's rare anymore that I have the opportunity. Being allowed only one deer per year means that I generally hold onto my tag until the bitter end before I consider shooting a doe.
12-14-2007, 12:02 PM
#20
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
RE: How important is doe hunting
I have killed 8 deer this year, 7 have been does...
Why do I look at it as "necessary"...I hunt my own land, 850 acres, and we farm...So far we have killed 37 deer off these farms this year...When you raise soybeans, corn, wheat and peanuts you see how much deer can eat...I also eat deer, if I didn't eat deer, don't really know if I would kill them....
Why do I look at it as "necessary"...I hunt my own land, 850 acres, and we farm...So far we have killed 37 deer off these farms this year...When you raise soybeans, corn, wheat and peanuts you see how much deer can eat...I also eat deer, if I didn't eat deer, don't really know if I would kill them....