I should shoot them, but seldom do, 3 in the last 40 years seldom. My son's normally keep me enough deer meat, but haven't this year. So I plan on shooting a few. As of today 1 down and about 4 more days I can bow hunt before season is out.
I should shoot them, but seldom do, 3 in the last 40 years seldom. My son's normally keep me enough deer meat, but haven't this year. So I plan on shooting a few. As of today 1 down and about 4 more days I can bow hunt before season is out.
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I usually shoot 3 or 4...haven't in the last few years because of my shoulder..shot 3 last year and only one this year that winded me and would not shut up....looking at 7 antlerless right now on this last evening of buck season in Tennessee...there's 5 days of does only starting tomorrow I believe...and a month of bucks only on public land in Bama...
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In Alabama and Georgia where I hunt you can shoot antlerless deer as much as any person would want to. During bow season I will definitely knock one down. If I’m running low on meat come January I’ll shoot another one. Down here our doe to buck ratio is often 5:1 so I want to get as many does off the property as possible but we always end up shooting 1 each then waiting for the rack!
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I shoot them in December, our season ends January 1. Around here bucks are hard to kill in December, they pretty much go nocturnal. I had 23 does in 1 screen shot from my camera last month.
I always try to shoot at least one doe for every buck I kill at our property. I’ll try to get one early during bow season just to get it out of the way, and then another in late season. Late pre rut and mid rut I’m only shooting bucks.
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No interest. 2 in the past 20 years. If it doesn't excite me, I don't want to shoot it.
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Absolutely. Didn't shoot any this season since I killed two bucks but last year I took three.
Shot 2 on 1-1-19... where I hunt in KS antlerless season is one day only.
I am at my farm in Nebraska was we speak thru tomorrow for January antlerless rifle season. So much fun My buddy shot a WT this morning, I shot a muley doe.
I have always said a doe deer is wayyyyy harder to kill then a buck. Especially if she has fawns with her. They are always aware of their surroundings
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I would if I felt our property is overpopulated. Don't feel that way yet so I just enjoy watching them for now :)
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I definitely will shoot does. This year it just hasn't worked out though. I shot 2 small bucks thinking I was shooting does. And before anyone blasts me for it, I'm a meat hunter and our lease allows us to shoot anything that is legal. And, in LA, we are allowed 3 does, 2 bucks, and 1 deer of our choice. So I killed the 2 young bucks and an 8 pt. But another point, where my stand is at I haven't fed the deer this year so when they come out on my narrow shooting lanes, they are not standing around and looking at me so I can tell what they are. And even though I haven't seen but 1 deer this year that I am positive was a doe...we have too many deer on our lease. Very few bucks seen this year with racks. 3/4 of our members have passed up most everything they have seen waiting on the big one while most bucks seen have been spikes. I have tried and tried to get them to shoot more does but they won't.
I do. Over populated here.
Have to kill 28 more, TPWD issued us 118 tags for does and 55 buck tags and have 11 more of them to get killed.
On your bucks, do you shoot any bucks or do they have to be mature? We take culls at every opportunity. No brow tines, mature spikes, odd points, 5, 7, 9’s. Our biologist requires stand counts from the lease hunters to monitor the deer population during the season and night time pre-season spotlight counts before issuing recommendations.
OF course I do. Why wouldn't I? Even though I do have a buck on a wall, eating what I kill is really where I get the most satisfaction from hunting. From my experience, I would much rather eat a doe. Especially a younger one. Given your location, unless you are hunting the LBL which I hear has been down, I'd probably take a couple a year assuming I had the freezer space.
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I shoot 3-4 a year. On my property usually just 2. If we don't get beef from my father in law I shoot least 5.
I'm trying to fill my doe tags in Kentucky. Problem I am having is that all the does on my farm have become one giant herd. It's been almost impossible to pattern them.
Our farm had great ratio until last year noticed a lot more does. And this year even more. I have taken 3 does so far with my bow. With another buck or doe tag left. I will wait to see if a good buck shows up til last weekend then I will try my 4th doe. These does are hard to hunt this time of year. But has past the time since the duck hunting is awful.
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