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Old 12-10-2016, 08:44 PM
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Unless she's to old to breed I see no reason to kill does that make the herd larger and bring you trophy bucks , the more does that are ready or unbreed the more reason he he's to stay instead of leaving looking for does . I do kill does just not on our land . Spikes , the Fort Worth Nature center has everything abundantly available that a deer could want and is an excellent place to observe deer mating , fighting and roaming naturally. I have seen what the spike I would have dropped and culled from the herd developed when left to grow they are wide tall tines with awesome height and spread width . I say cull narrow basket bucks ( if legal , Texas most counties have to be outside the ears) and let your does thrive , if they become too abundant you can always find help , never met a hunter yet that wouldn't gladly come take a doe out for ya
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