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Shoot does before or after the rut??
07-20-2007, 06:10 AM
#21
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Posts: 21,043
RE: Before
tsoc:
While I agree with everything you wrote......I have to look at "disturbance" in a per-anuum sense. I don't think it'll be that much of a disturbance to their area......if I look at it as I'm really looking at buck hunting these areas......2....maybe 3 years down the road.
It's a tough row (mentally)to hoe.
While I agree with everything you wrote......I have to look at "disturbance" in a per-anuum sense. I don't think it'll be that much of a disturbance to their area......if I look at it as I'm really looking at buck hunting these areas......2....maybe 3 years down the road.
It's a tough row (mentally)to hoe.
07-20-2007, 06:10 AM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,469
RE: Before
In NJ, you need to shoot a doe before you shoot a buck, so that answers my question, but once i shoot my doe, i keep on shooting them, cause like it was mentioned earlier, the less does you have around, the more the bucks have to move to find their partners, the more opportunity that they will run by my tree.
07-20-2007, 06:32 AM
#23
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,076
RE: Shoot does before or after the rut??
Yes ... I'll shoot a doe within the first week of the season maybe two if I have more than one antlerless permit.
In the area I hunt in we have more does than bucks anyway so it wouldn't hurt to thin the herd down a little but I wont shoot a doe that has fawns still with her.
In the area I hunt in we have more does than bucks anyway so it wouldn't hurt to thin the herd down a little but I wont shoot a doe that has fawns still with her.
07-20-2007, 09:40 AM
#24
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Jersey
Posts: 29
RE: Shoot does before or after the rut??
From now on, I'm shooting the first doeI see early on in the season. Last year I let several walk early in on, and then went the rest of the season without a good opportunity.
07-20-2007, 11:00 AM
#27
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Texas and Arkansas
Posts: 1,496
RE: Before
I didn't see a choice for both. I will shoot does both before and after the rut because we have so many does, I don't believe shooting one that is bred is going to make a difference.
