#3040158 - 11/19/12 10:28 AM
Hunting Old Does...
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catman529
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Who all will target a specific old doe?
On friday, before I finally kilt the buck right after sunset, I hunted all day and got picked out at least three times by this old, smart doe. She had a young doe with her the whole time too. Her chest was deeper than on any other doe I've seen, she was big bodied and had a noticeably low-pitched "voice" when she blew at me. She's gonna screw up more hunts if I don't kill her soon. I already flung an arrow at her once but hit a tree, so now she's even smarter. She will go downwind and smell me, and will see me even if I don't move, come close enough just to get a good look and bust me. From now on, every time I see her, she gets shot priority, unless I can see a real big buck behind her. I call her ol' Nanner Doe and she ain'g gonna survive the season if I get the chance. If/when I kill her I will pull the jaw bones.
I know a lot of us like to target old bucks, but who targets old does too?
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#3040260 - 11/19/12 11:14 AM
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Towards the end of season I'll pick off a few old nannies. Got one on my hit list for sure. She does me the same way every time I try to hunt this one certain spot. Blows and blows and blows the first chance I get crosshairs on her BOOM!!!!
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#3040268 - 11/19/12 11:17 AM
Re: Hunting Old Does...
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catman529
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Towards the end of season I'll pick off a few old nannies. Got one on my hit list for sure. She does me the same way every time I try to hunt this one certain spot. Blows and blows and blows the first chance I get crosshairs on her BOOM!!!!
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#3040301 - 11/19/12 11:31 AM
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I've done it. I've had some specific does that I tried unsuccessfully to kill for multiple seasons.
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#3040314 - 11/19/12 11:36 AM
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Some of those big mature does are just as hard to kill as mature bucks....They get awful smart and crafty with age.
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#3040322 - 11/19/12 11:40 AM
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I had one that would do that to me. I finally killed her when she stuck her head out of a briar patch to get a better look at where I was sitting. She was crafty, but I finally got her. She went down officially as 5 1/2+, but her teeth were about gone.
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#3040324 - 11/19/12 11:41 AM
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BigD_625
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I killed one earlier this year. The two little ones and another doe that came in with her just stood there looking at her after she fell. I got the two little ones, too.
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#3040343 - 11/19/12 11:50 AM
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catman529
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I killed one earlier this year. The two little ones and another doe that came in with her just stood there looking at her after she fell. I got the two little ones, too. 
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#3040344 - 11/19/12 11:50 AM
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WMAn
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I have not targeted a specific doe, but I killed a doe in MS which was probably the oldest deer I have ever killed. Her teeth were wore down to the gums. I killed her on public land. Her fawn was what got her killed. He was acting silly, I spotted him, and after awhile I could make her out too.
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#3040351 - 11/19/12 11:53 AM
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BigD_625
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I got one on Laurel Hill years ago that aged 8 plus. She really didn't have any teeth left at all.
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