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Killing Does Before or After Rut?
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5709057" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't make a difference.</p><p></p><p>But if I'm trying to kill a particular big buck, I never kill a doe from the spot I expect to kill that buck from until he's dead.</p><p></p><p>Killing does is necessary. BUT doing it the wrong way hurts your chances at a mature buck. That being said, I kill my does very early, very late, or in spots where we don't buck hunt. </p><p></p><p>I don't worry about when to remove based on habitat or available food sources, as I keep our herd below carrying capacity (actually, provide more food year round than they can eat).</p><p></p><p>This year will be the single most interesting year we've had on my farm as far as population dynamics go.... for the past 10 years, we've had 10 to 20% fawn recruitment rates due to coyote predation. Last summer, distemper (or some other disease) wiped out out coyotes. We had an incredible( 40%) fawn recruitmemt summer 2022. Since then, we've killed 18 coyotes aggressively hunting them. This year we are over 50% fawn recruitment. We HAVE to kill 20+ does to maintain current population this year. I've increased food sources by 5 acres, but not enough for all the extra mouths. Any doe without a fawn is getting shot this year. My calculations have us at needing to kill 20 does this year on a place that has only had a handful killed the past 10 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5709057, member: 2805"] In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't make a difference. But if I'm trying to kill a particular big buck, I never kill a doe from the spot I expect to kill that buck from until he's dead. Killing does is necessary. BUT doing it the wrong way hurts your chances at a mature buck. That being said, I kill my does very early, very late, or in spots where we don't buck hunt. I don't worry about when to remove based on habitat or available food sources, as I keep our herd below carrying capacity (actually, provide more food year round than they can eat). This year will be the single most interesting year we've had on my farm as far as population dynamics go.... for the past 10 years, we've had 10 to 20% fawn recruitment rates due to coyote predation. Last summer, distemper (or some other disease) wiped out out coyotes. We had an incredible( 40%) fawn recruitmemt summer 2022. Since then, we've killed 18 coyotes aggressively hunting them. This year we are over 50% fawn recruitment. We HAVE to kill 20+ does to maintain current population this year. I've increased food sources by 5 acres, but not enough for all the extra mouths. Any doe without a fawn is getting shot this year. My calculations have us at needing to kill 20 does this year on a place that has only had a handful killed the past 10 years. [/QUOTE]
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