Originally Posted by
penninside08
Can someone please explain to me why this is so important?...I was always wondering why everyone talks about harvesting a doe or two every year for every buck you kill.
We have so many does on our land (and on neighbor's lands) that my family and I have agreed to not shoot a buck for 2010 and possibly 2011, unless it is a very mature buck. We just have to trim down our doe population.
Doe-in-heat attractants, rattling and the like aren't even effective right now. Bucks don't care becuase there are so many does.
Hopefully we can take 2-3 dozen does over the next couple of years (4 doe limit in southern Arkansas) and improve our herd.