Pass on a doe?
09-23-2011, 03:42 AM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 7
Pass on a doe?
Tomorrow is opening day in Ohio!! I've been watching a few nice shooter bucks in my area. My delima is if I have an oppertunity to take a doe do I take it or wait a few weeks and see if one of the shooters come into range. I dont want to spook them from the area shooting/tracking a doe but it will be hard to not fill my early season tag.
09-23-2011, 04:54 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Cenral Illinois
Posts: 3,180
Certainly a dilemna I think about as well. For me, if it is opening day, early on, say before 4:00, I'll whack a doe. After that, for maybe the first few days, I don't shoot until I have a better idea of what's around and can see what kind of patterns are developing. I'm a fan of shooting the first doe that comes out so as not to spook a field full of deer, and in an ideal world, this can be handled fairly early in the day, assuming it's afternoon hunting this time of year.
My best spot sees a good amount of morning movement, so at this spot, i've shot many does around 9:00 a.m. which is nice because then I can shoot them, and recover them at mid-day when there isn't much going on, movement-wise.
I can usually lay off the does for the first few days, but then the finger gets itchy. Good luck on your season!
My best spot sees a good amount of morning movement, so at this spot, i've shot many does around 9:00 a.m. which is nice because then I can shoot them, and recover them at mid-day when there isn't much going on, movement-wise.
I can usually lay off the does for the first few days, but then the finger gets itchy. Good luck on your season!
09-23-2011, 05:02 AM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: NC
Posts: 196
Never pass on the opertunity, especially if your filling the freezer... But thats coming from an archery only hunter... Ive passed and wished I wouldnt have when I didnt fill out my tag, and Im down to only ground venison in the freezer... Bucks are gunna show on your rut hunts... (IMO)
09-23-2011, 12:25 PM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: kansas
Posts: 336
i only bow hunt but 95% of the time i don't shoot my does until i tag out on my buck. i also hunt for different reasons then people that go out and whacks every doe they see. but when the other 5% comes into play is if i'm with in an hour from getting down and i can get it on video i will stick her.
09-23-2011, 02:32 PM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Ohio
Posts: 176
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