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Here is my situation and I am bow hunting with 35 acres to work with.
Half is wooded and half is corn until about early Oct. Season opens
Sept 15th.


I am in a Chronic wasting DiseaseUnit of Wisconsin that will be earn a buck this year. You have to kill a doe before you can kill a buck.
I have a 160 inch plus buck and a doe in front of me and I have yet to shoot a doe. Do I shoot this doe and have the buck aware now where my stand is? Do I passthis upand be patient?

2nd Senario:
Now I have a 125-130 inch buck in doe do I shoot the doe?

Thanks,
Tony

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LMAO, I told my sons if they did good in school I would have a mohawk for a day. Way to avoid the question. ;)

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I personally would never shoot a Doe in front of a buck, talk about ruining a perfectly good stand set up. Granted, there may be the chance that it wouldn't mess up the stand but it certainly wouldn't be a chance I'd be willing to take, regardless of the size of the buck standing with the Doe.

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i dont have that problem cuz we can take any deer we want if we have tags.

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The smaller buck maybe. The big buck def. no for me. i guess if you grow em that big you would have enough time to figure out the smaller buck by the time he is a big one.

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I would just wait for a doe to come by herself. Im sure it wouldnt take long.

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I wouldnt break the law, it sucks but you gotta take the doe. I hate Earn a Buck[:@]

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I dont think you understood the question.

If I shoot the doe the buck is gone and will remember not to come near that stand I believe again.

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Ya but its still illegal to kill the buck first right? What if the doe runs away, then you have no buck sticker.

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I will not be shooting the buck at all until I get a doe. The point is
if I shoot the doe with that buck standing there he will never be back I believe. Yes if the doe runs you are correct no sticker. Should I wait for another chance at a doe so that buck might come back without knowing I am there?
Hopefully I have my buck sticker by then.
Thanks

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Now, if you shot a Bowtech you could shoot them both and either deer wouldnt know what hit them.

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I never seen bowtech out in the woods otherwise I would shoot it. LOL
Put yours out there and I will shoot it with my hoyt.

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I agree. Wait, and take the doe in another area even. Why risk him going underground on you? With 35 acres, you can surely find a trail that is primarily does, and avoid shooting a doe in his haunts.

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Good deal manu thanks
Its just so hard with this 35 acres and 3 other hunters.

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I think we give them critters a little too much credit.

I'd still wait til I had a clean shot at a doe without a buck around......just in case.

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I would shoot twice real fast, of course doe first.

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Why would you even hunt that spot before you have killed a doe if you know there is a 160 class buck on the property? IF it is only 35 acrea and 3 hunters you don't have to shoot a doe with a buck to run the big boy off, he'll bust one of ya'll before you know it then its bye bye.The best chance to kill a big mature buck is the first time you hunt him,with that said go kill your doe somewwhere else,then set your sights on the big buck.Even then with that small of a place to hunt and 3 hunters it will be extremly tough to get him.He did'nt get that big by being stupid.

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I would take the doe of a seperate piece of property or at a different location and would never shoot a doe in front of a buck just in case

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Peak, I hunt smaller woodlots than 35 acres.. ALOT smaller! If you have a 160 running around you better shoot a doe somewhere else. Hunting those small woodlots is unforgiving. Once a mature buck knows your there (and he will long before you think he does) forget about it!

Hunt smart.. hunt with the wind.. low profile.. low pressure and low education are your best bets.

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pass on both situations and wait on a loner Doe. There are always doe oppertunities (well most of the time:D)

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True I do haveplenty of does on cam Thanks Gents