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Killing Does Before or After Rut?
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5709035" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Many pluses and minuses for each practice:</p><p></p><p>Harvesting does early</p><p></p><p>1) Lowers the sex ratio before the rut, hence rut should be more intense</p><p>2) Less likely to shoot a fawn early in the season when the size difference is the greatest</p><p>3) Gives something for hunters to "take their frustrations out on" before the rut. Otherwise, hunters tend to be so jacked up by the rut they shoot the first thing with antlers.</p><p>4) Potentially reduces browse pressure on important food sources several months earlier, saving food for the winter.</p><p>5) Allows for harvests when hunters are still interested in doing so. late in the season they may have lost the drive to do so.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Harvest does late</p><p></p><p>1) Reduces harvest pressure on the property pre-rut and rut.</p><p>2) Gives hunters something to work towards post-rut.</p><p>3) Depending on when the rut is, late doe harvests may allow for recovery of fetuses for backdating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5709035, member: 17"] Many pluses and minuses for each practice: Harvesting does early 1) Lowers the sex ratio before the rut, hence rut should be more intense 2) Less likely to shoot a fawn early in the season when the size difference is the greatest 3) Gives something for hunters to "take their frustrations out on" before the rut. Otherwise, hunters tend to be so jacked up by the rut they shoot the first thing with antlers. 4) Potentially reduces browse pressure on important food sources several months earlier, saving food for the winter. 5) Allows for harvests when hunters are still interested in doing so. late in the season they may have lost the drive to do so. Harvest does late 1) Reduces harvest pressure on the property pre-rut and rut. 2) Gives hunters something to work towards post-rut. 3) Depending on when the rut is, late doe harvests may allow for recovery of fetuses for backdating. [/QUOTE]
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