which does to harvest ??

[CALLAHAN]

I have several does on my spot that have 2 fawns with them, so u think they will be sought after for breeding nearing the rut? more fertile?

the reason im trying to plan out my doe harvests is because I really only have one nice mature buck that ive seen on my cameras and ive only seen him visit my cams at night. the rest are yearling 4-6pts and spikes out the wazoo!

option B MUZZY EVERY doe I get a chance at to reduce the amount of does for the big boy to chase???

help me out guys

 

[CamoGator]

Just kill some does and don't worry about it in the bow season. The big one will chase does in November regardless. If he's only showing himself at night right now then you need to learn of some staging areas to bow hunt for him, other than that your best chance at him will come in the rut and maybe around Christmas when some of the yearlings go into heat.

Also, you can use the large number of young bucks to your advantage and lightly touch the horns throughout the season to imitate sparring, the big ones have a hard time resisting the urge to reassure of pecking orders, but only if there's a lot of bucks in the area period. Hope this helps

 

[catman529]

doesn't matter if she will give birth to one, two or three fawns... when she is in heat, that buck just wants to get some. If you have too many does then sure go and kill some. I love shooting does anyway and they keep the freezer stocked.

 

[tn droptine]

The only doe I specifically target every year is the matriarch. I got one two years ago that was so old she was nearly grey, and had bald patches in different areas.

She was hard to kill, as she always seemed to know exactly where I was and I think she could even read my mind, lol. After I took her out, it was much easier to hunt my area.

She was barren, hadn't seen a fawn with her for a couple of years, but she still had a pack of does that ran with her - actually saw her run a couple of bucks off that came poking around her girls.

The following year after she was killed in had double the fawns that I had seen out of the previous couple of years - whether this was directly related to her being killed or just a coincidence I do not know.

 

[BSK]

The doe to kill is the one that presents the easiest shot. Other than that, it really doesn't matter in the long run.

 

[Woodson223]

If i have a really nice buck staying around my stand i'm not gonna go in there and shoot any doe,s and stink up the whole area and let him know i'm there and take a chance on running him off.I would wait on the rut and then go in there and try to get him.But that's just me.JMO

 

[Deer Assassin]

shoot every one u can

 

[Woodson223]

I'll take quality over quantity any day.
You can shoot all the doe,s you won't later.jmo

 

[megalomaniac]

I shoot the 1.5 yr old does myself this time of the year. I never shoot the largest does on a property, because I like larger bodied bucks (half the genetics for body size probably come from the doe). I also can't stand the thought of orphaning fawns too young to survive on thier own.

Oh, err on the side of caution when it comes to killing does unless you know your local populations and long term trends... on 2 of 3 farms, I'm only allowing kids to take does due to yet ANOTHER year of lousy fawn recruitment. Sometimes just kill every doe you see is not the best advice for the herd.

 

[bowriter]

The doe to kill is the one that presents the easiest shot. Other than that, it really doesn't matter in the long run.

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[Snake]

The doe to kill is the one that presents the easiest shot. Other than that, it really doesn't matter in the long run.

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. Did you note the end of the question ? Man you are slipping ! HARVEST :whistle: Don't let them get you down dude , be who you are ,