How important is doe hunting
 

To you on a personal level?
NOT from a management standpoint we all know that answer.


Where do you fall?
A deer is a deer, buck/doe all the same to me.
Why shoot a doe, can’t be any fun in it
They are my main focus, pile them up and fire up the grille.
I’ll hunt them if there is nothing better to do
Our state’s population isn’t conducive to shooting does.

Honestly, I spend WAY more time focused on shooting does than I do bucks. It’s a huge part of my bowhunting entertainment value. Don’t get me wrong, I bust my behind to get a buck too, but does are really my staple. Then add that this season we gained an additional 6 weeks or so of doe only bowhunting, so you can see why its such a great way to stay out in the woods and on stand.

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Rates right up there with flossing my neighbors cats teeth.:D

Last time I felt the need to kill one I was in school and I was hungry.[:o]

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I still get excited when I shot a doe. Probably not the same level of excitement if I was shooting at a buck (still don't know what that feels like with a bow[&o]). I like shooting doe and even having them walk by me in the stand even when I know I am not going to shoot them.

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The last few years I have tried to shoot older does, I have been picked off by 0 bucks. I have had older does come look for me in trees[:@]

I challenge those who think it is easy, to try and shoot an alpha doe. I final got one after she seen me 3 times.[:@]

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If the ole girls are kicken yer butt those big old bucks are safe as an ugly girls prom date. [:o] ;)

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I go hunting with the intention of shooting deer. Usually I am buck hunting, but I enjoy shooting does too. I agree with others, if shooting does was easy, there wouldn't be very many around here.:D

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I think it is very imprortant, to me.

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I love shooting does......Hopefully 2 in the next 3 weeks.

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That old girl is dead, and it was my fault I moved.Every time she came by she would look for me[:@]
She's in the freezer now;) I have seen 30 deer from that stand, and she picked me off. It was my fault.

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I love hunting for does. A deer is a deer in my book! I get the same emotions shooting a nice big buck as i do when i shoot a plump old doe! Im in it for the hunt not the bone. Havnt found a recipe i like for them antlers yet!;)

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Know you can dedicate more time to scoring some team points.;)

I have some old doe here that would be hard to kill with a rifle.(not that theres any thing wrong with that)They do have a great memory for trouble spots.

I just have no need to kill them, as I feel they carry that bucks genes that I do so enjoy hunting.

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You're old school;)

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I'm just old.

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I never shoot does with my bow, but I do like doe hunting.I always buy a doe tag and save it for rifle season. Really, that's the only time that I getto actually hunt with other people. I really don't even want to geta doe(if that makes any sense) - I'd much rather chase one out to someone else and let them get it. But, if I see one and the shot iswhat I'm looking for...I oblige.

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I love it when the area I hunt gives out management tags. I then usually will try and take an older looking or a bigger looking doe that has no fawns with her. I figure if she has no fawns with her she's a good one to get rid of (thinking maybe she's to old). I get pretty worked up when i know i'm going to shoot a doe, i've shot alot of doe's and to this day i still get just as excited as my first one! When i loose that excitement its time to quit hunting!I tell you what though that some of these old doe's are on the ball big time! This year I seen some of the biggest doe's ever, not one of themhad a fawn with them, they were by far the smartest whitetail's i've seen yet. If I was going to shoot them that night it would of been real tough, they had me picked out in no time 18 feet up in a tree. I shot my big 8 from the same stand1 day later and he didn't have a clue I was there.

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I shoot only mature bucksbut try to shoot a half dozen does each season. The family will use that many ( teenagers to feed and a dad who cant get out any more) and I am involved in a deer control program where it's good management to kill that many.

Oh, and I love trying to outwit those old matriarch does. A mature buck will get careless during the rut. A mature doe never gets careless!

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I enjoy shooting does, though it's rare anymore that I have the opportunity. Being allowed only one deer per year means that I generally hold onto my tag until the bitter end before I consider shooting a doe.

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In most parts of Wis we are now forced to shoot does.




BTW, I don't mind.;)

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I always have a Muzzy for a Huzzy!!!

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I have killed 8 deer this year, 7 have been does...

Why do I look at it as "necessary"...I hunt my own land, 850 acres, and we farm...So far we have killed 37 deer off these farms this year...When you raise soybeans, corn, wheat and peanuts you see how much deer can eat...I also eat deer, if I didn't eat deer, don't really know if I would kill them....

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I like shooting does when there isn't a buck under my tree. I'm with you guys on the old doe theory. Shoot them smart old girls when you can. They remember your tree and look for you every time they come through.
Plus, less does make for a better rut.

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Early season and late season, any doe that walks by better watch out.

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I usually shoot a few every year. Some for nuisance control in our subdivision. I love the thrill of the hunt and the feeling of accomplishment of outsmarting any deer.

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I shoot doe's and enjoy hunting them.I wont take them out of area's if I feel like those area's are not holding many deer.I prefer to take them in the archery season with management tags if I have them.This archery season I was attempting to teach and introduce one of my nephews to archery hunting and I would not shoot a doe while on stand while he was with me.I had numerous opportunities to take doe's that I conceded to him.It never came together for him but archery hunting has gotten a hold of him and to me that makes it all worth while.
I feel that taking doe's is exceptional practice with archery equipment.Nerves,shot placement,trailing.I really believe with the bow especially a hunter to get a good number of kills under their belt to get really proficient.

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The lions, yotes, wolves and car bumpersmanage the does in our Mountain habitats. So there is no need to kill them. We are finally starting to see some extra doe tags implemented in areas of growing populations.

I personally would love to hunt for a doe if the herd needed thinning and we were offered a seperate tag. That way it stands right now in my whitetail areas, its two "deer" tags.

I will shoot a doe like this year on the last day of Archery season to fill my tag. There are enough around, not an over abundance but enoughto take one.

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Very, for me. I hunt for meat. I get to tag one buck and two does. You better believe I tag my does.

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we've got such an out of control doe population in our hunting are that we usually take between 20-30 doe per year on our land and only allow ourselves a few bucks (other than management bucks)...

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I love going out shooting does.... I'm going to try and get a doe this weekend. Can't wait to fry some loins up!:D

There is for sure plenty of them around here.... 13 came out of one thicket last weekend

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I get as much or more satisfaction out of taking a mature doe as a yearling buck. With bowhunting, I've taken a lot more yearling bucks than does, and not because I'm passing up does. The bucks are more vulnerable than does during the fall when you're bowhunting. Any deer with a bow is a rewarding gift.

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i like shooting does , just as exciting as a buck to me . i mostly go for the meat any way so they are better tasting to me , not as tuff. i try and help with the balance of buck to does

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we have to many does where i hunt so we shoot as many as we can. We have probably 25 does to every buck. The old barren does are the hardest to kill they are to smart. this year we put 5 stands in a 30 feet square section of woods so when the looked up they didn't know what tree we would be in. it helped a little but the old does caught on and looked at all the trees before coming through. We still shot 2 doe over 4.5 years old from that section.