IL-Cornfed

If you want a meat Deer every once in awhile it wouldn't hurt to kill a Doe with her Button Buck..... this way the Buck won't be forced to disperse and will generally stick around. If not that buck will dispand many miles away the following year. Also though, relize that your area will attract many other yearling Bucks from surrounding areas as they are forced from their home ranges.

Bottomline, you're really only kidding yourself if you think you're gonna make a difference. It's just about as pointless as the "Cull Buck" myth.

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Jeff Ovington

[QUOTE=H.L.H;3660771]I read an article that said that when does give birth to bucks once they get older that does will keep that buck away to prevent in breeding, and the bucks will usually leave the area for good to find different does. It say you should kill a couple does to keep the bucks in the area. Do you think this is true? I know there are other does for a buck to breed with besides it's mother on my 55 acres, but if this is true there are many places a buck could set up shop at besides my property. Tell me what you think.[/Q
I all depends on the area.I personally hunt areas and scout areas that have high buck to doe ratios.If I had personal property I want to have s high buck to die ratio.You shoot a doe not only are you shooting that deer your shooting it's potential offspring that could be as many as 15 if not more.If you hunt areas where there is a low ratio of buck to doe ratio,or if your area is over populated with deer that they are becoming a danger, by all means do it.My area could do with more deer frankly, we have more than enough land to support more deer so I personally don't shoot does and I leave the younger and prime ones to breed and shoot the mature ones.These are the ones that are the last to come out if the high country they eventually come down but most of the after the season closes.Usually in mid December.