When and Where Do You Shoot Does???
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When and Where Do You Shoot Does???
I ran out of meat pretty quickly last year after only taking a buck. This year I decided to get a doe too but given my limited time and spots scouted to hunt, I want to do it in a way that least impacts the spots I have a target buck at. I figure I'll get about 20+/- hunts this year and does cannot be harvested after the first week in December off public land here. I would hate to waste a hunt to solely go after a doe especially if I don't get one, but at the same time I'd hate to mess a target buck area up real good with all the commotion. I would also hate to put off going after a doe until I get a buck because there's no guarantee when it comes to deer hunting.
Whats your opinion on when and where to harvest a doe? What have you been successful with in the past?
Whats your opinion on when and where to harvest a doe? What have you been successful with in the past?
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I try to cross a couple does off the list first thing. Take the edge off early, no pressure to fill the freezer after that. Then I focus on target bucks on other properties. I hunt public land early season primarily focused on does. I wait for one that is all by herself with no skippers in tow. Sometimes that can be quite the challenge.
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I shoot the first one that's a yearling or better that comes along, unless I'm in a spot where I really think I'm on a good buck & he's somewhat regular. I do not worry about whether they have fawns or not. Most that don't have fawns with them at the time still have them. If the DNR was worried about fawn survival they wouldn't let you shoot a doe early in the season.
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Hunt Does in the am in October and buck bedding in the evening... I like to does on feed to bed patterns on public that is a safe distance from buck bedding, which in most cases it is...
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My doe spots always coincide with easy drags. If it's a haul to get it out it doesn't get shot unless it has antlers.
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Grizzlyadam wrote:I try to cross a couple does off the list first thing. Take the edge off early, no pressure to fill the freezer after that. Then I focus on target bucks on other properties. I hunt public land early season primarily focused on does. I wait for one that is all by herself with no skippers in tow. Sometimes that can be quite the challenge.
^^^ This. But then again I'm a born again Trad bow hunter, so whatever pops up tight to me gets the shaft...no spots = no discrimination.
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If I have a tag, I shoot the first one that walks by. Cause it very well could be the last
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Barker wrote:I ran out of meat pretty quickly last year after only taking a buck. This year I decided to get a doe too but given my limited time and spots scouted to hunt, I want to do it in a way that least impacts the spots I have a target buck at. I figure I'll get about 20+/- hunts this year and does cannot be harvested after the first week in December off public land here. I would hate to waste a hunt to solely go after a doe especially if I don't get one, but at the same time I'd hate to mess a target buck area up real good with all the commotion. I would also hate to put off going after a doe until I get a buck because there's no guarantee when it comes to deer hunting.
Whats your opinion on when and where to harvest a doe? What have you been successful with in the past?
0-60 yards away when I’m carrying a loaded compound bow.
0-300 yards when I used to carry a loaded rifle back in WV. Come to think of it. I get to carry my 30.06 again in PA.
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Rodd wrote:I shoot the first one that's a yearling or better that comes along, unless I'm in a spot where I really think I'm on a good buck & he's somewhat regular. I do not worry about whether they have fawns or not. Most that don't have fawns with them at the time still have them. If the DNR was worried about fawn survival they wouldn't let you shoot a doe early in the season.
X2 mostly. I’ll pass 1 though if it’s gonna be a nightmare to get her out on a work night or if I know I’m near a target buck’s core area.
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I target does on a private parcel that the land owners want them out of the garden.
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Great topic...if I may ask a follow up question re:hunting does on public land(marsh bedding). I understand from reading and Dans videos that you can find bedded bucks on slight elevations in swamps and edges between red dogwoods and cattails,etc. If I want to improve my odds of taking a doe while hunting bucks should I be setting up back in the oaks on trails leading from swamps to food sources where known buck beds are? How far from the edges should I set up so as not to spook doe groups who may use the trails to go to food sources?
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I guess I also wonder if folks use buck obervation stands as potential doe spots so you can multitask lol.
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When-if they are close to the truck.
Where-usually private land.
We have some late doe only gun seasons and that’s when i will shoot a few does every year if I didn’t get enough with the bow or muzzleloader.
Where-usually private land.
We have some late doe only gun seasons and that’s when i will shoot a few does every year if I didn’t get enough with the bow or muzzleloader.
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I shoot them early season in the a.m in higher populated areas I don't intend to buck hunt. Normally get them along there transition back to bed crossing a low fence or ditch crossing. I need something to ensure myself a close high percentage shot. I take the first one through other than fawns or does with young fawns.
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