the herd in my honey hole is dang near even....actually ive only seen a few does in there in 2 seasons now...actually same doe and 2 fawns i seen 2 or 3 times...

but i keep goin back because it seems to be a big buck hideout...food and great cover and enough woods to stret2ch their legs in the daytime and not be seen and no pressure except me...

in that area, im buck hunting only...most of the area around my home im buck hunting only...

we do ALOT of driving in rifle and flintlock season...we dont see every deer, but we see most of them...we know what we have and we know we have a prettttty good buck to do ratio...we also know that other guys will take does...so we dont...

years prior, i did my part and took does...and continue to get doe tags for areas i hunt so if/when i find a place that has alot of does, i can take one for the freezer and out of the herd...


if everything was pretty balanced and NOONE took does, i would take them myself...(i love venison and so does dad...we can put a hurtin on meat so thats never an issue...if it was i can always donate it..) and i dont have a problem with killing does when the numbers are stable and you are looking to keep that stability and ratio....