Is it possible to segregate your buck hunting from your doe culling?
I'm sure it is.....BUT.....you have to hunt "where they are". In doing this.....I AM going to bugger up some spots. If done early enough, though, maybe I can reduce the "intrusion" factor.
Maybe invite a trustworthy friend with a rifle to shoot does exclusively from a rifle set-up stand.
Not possible. Bowhunting, only.
Get a feeder and kill does there.
I'm not above that.....just haven't chosen to hunt this way.......yet.
You're assigning some statistical signicance to sighting differences thatare probably a result of other factors (you mentioned elusiveness, other 'hunters' etc).
Yes I am. I don't know any other way to depict it.
My plan is to continue killing does at periphal stands, hunt the biguns at my prime spots around Halloween and hope the dog hunters don't spoil the last three years' work.
Insert "Poachers" for "dog hunters" and you described my plans, as well.
See....I REALLY, truly believe that the bucks I've shot in the last two years don't frequent the grounds I've been hunting until nearing the rut. I think they have other places they hang out, until then. So.....I'll likely hunt those spots for a couple weeks (until Oct. 1) and then stay clear until late Oct.
Thats the plan.