Even with liberal bag limits, many still don't shoot does. So they may not be as pressured as you think.

I love to kill does!

I had a farmer tell me once, "if you want more bull calves, you don't get rid of your cows" and that was my thought on killing does.

I know in many areas you can succesfully thin the doe herd, but in some places if the neighbors arent killing any does, its impossible to gain much ground. All you end up doing in some cases is educating the entire herd as to them being hunted.

TLR, sure there have been some limited opportuities to kill does for many years now, but nothing like them being legal to kill every day of season, with multiple tags to boot! The does here in TN have never had the kind of pressure put on them compared to the last several years.

That is why I made my comment in the other thread! My son and I have agresively been hunting does on our prop. for three or four years now. Their travel patterns\times of travel have changed dramatically since we first started this!

The two of us killed 9 on our 80 acres this year. One interesting thing I have noticed is that the does seem to be starting to feel safer close to our house. Over the last two years the sightings have risen quite extensively of does feeding right alongside our house. I wonder: out our back door 25' it is a very steep grade{southeast facing} up for about 150 yards. While hiking it around Christmas in the snow I found multiple beds, they{deer} could basically be watching us head out to hunt from most any of these beds!

You know, I've had several different theories on killing does over the years. I had a farmer tell me once, "if you want more bull calves, you don't get rid of your cows" and that was my thought on killing does. At the time, there was no reason to kill does. My opinion changed on shooting does several years later when the deer population exploded in my area in Mid TN. I shot a few. I think a lot of hunters in my area took the 3 does per day limit literally. I firmly believe too many does were killed in my area. Couple that with the EHD outbreak, deer numbers are not what they were 7 or 8 years ago. Based on what I'm seeing now, I'm back to the cow theory. I now believe killing does should be determined by each individual hunters common judgement. You know better than anyone what the deer numbers are on your property or lease. Me personally, I have no reason to kill does in the places I hunt. You, on the other hand, may need to take several. I just think it's a blanket statement to say "we do" or "we don't need to kill does".

deer are not cows.....they useally have 2 or more fawns a year....cows most of the time only have a calf every 13-14 months.....and they are wild animals.....the cow theroy is garbage....people wonder how come they dont have many big bucks....their is only so much food...when you see 25-30 does in one food plot...theirs a problem.....but people still are againast shooting does>>>but why you have to thin down the herd...but in one way deer are like cows...you have to get rid of a few every now and again to keep the pasture healthy and weed out the ones that are to old to breed..just like deer>

You can't make up your mind on the cow theory can you. A couple more sentences and you would have been its number 1 advocate.

bottom line thats dumb>>>>>>>you can't fence in deer...they reproduce twice as much...and their are by far more than cows....................

now we can drag this threw the mud...it can get ugly..and the name calling will start...i dont wont that...most people would agree that "your theroy"is not a very smart idea......but hey if it works for you then go for it......but deer are in no way shape or form like cow...never have never will....

good day

down where i come from thats how you spells it......and i wont take this any futher.....i also feel quilty arguing with a man that thinks cows are like deer.Now who feels dumb??? i might not can spell but i now what animals are...i learned that when i was 2........peace out!

We kill a lot of does most years and there are more to take thier place next year.Hope that is the case next year.we killed 12 does and 3 bucks on 180 acres.

Yodel Dog how many cows did you check in? If you've got meat left send it my way!

I agree. There's a big differene between a few designated quota hunts and open season every day of rifle season.