Do you shoot big does or little does for meat?
10-29-2008, 03:39 PM
#11
Dominant Buck
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RE: Do you shoot big does or little does for meat?
ORIGINAL: gmil6184
I usually shoot younger does. They eat a little better then a big old doe. Also, as someone mentioned, an older doe is proven. She has raised fawns, avoided predators, and made it through winters already and will be better suited to teach that to her fawns...or at least that the theory. Usually when it comes to does I take the first good shot that I get to put one in the freezer.
I usually shoot younger does. They eat a little better then a big old doe. Also, as someone mentioned, an older doe is proven. She has raised fawns, avoided predators, and made it through winters already and will be better suited to teach that to her fawns...or at least that the theory. Usually when it comes to does I take the first good shot that I get to put one in the freezer.
10-30-2008, 10:40 AM
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Typical Buck
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RE: Do you shoot big does or little does for meat?
Ideally....deer are SUPPOSED to have a 50/50 split and produce twins. Doesnt always happen, but thats the way it is supposed to happen....buck and doe fawn each time she births
10-30-2008, 10:44 AM
#16
Spike
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RE: Do you shoot big does or little does for meat?
I look for a "dry doe" for the freezer. It really makes no difference as long as you take a doe or two out of the heard. It is the best thing we can do. Not only does it help fill your freezer but it helps the deer heard general health.
10-30-2008, 10:52 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Do you shoot big does or little does for meat?
ORIGINAL: Wolfpack
Is it a myth that older does generally produce more doe fawnsthan bucks and younger does generally produce more buck fawnsthan does?
Is it a myth that older does generally produce more doe fawnsthan bucks and younger does generally produce more buck fawnsthan does?
I usually try to shoot a doe that is dry or at least a decent size one. When the last day of the hunt arrives though and I don't have any meet in the freezer, anything without spots will do.
10-30-2008, 11:00 AM
#18
Typical Buck
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RE: Do you shoot big does or little does for meat?
Who says it "supposed to happen" that way?
ORIGINAL: TreednNC
Ideally....deer are SUPPOSED to have a 50/50 split and produce twins. Doesnt always happen, but thats the way it is supposed to happen....buck and doe fawn each time she births
Ideally....deer are SUPPOSED to have a 50/50 split and produce twins. Doesnt always happen, but thats the way it is supposed to happen....buck and doe fawn each time she births
10-30-2008, 06:10 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Do you shoot big does or little does for meat?
The past 10yrs I have shot alot of does, especially when we were doing some major herd thinning on our property from 1998-2002. Back when we started, I shot EVERY doe I could, didn't discriminate. The latter end of those 10yrs (past 3-4 yrs)....I try to pick out a doe that is a yearling, with no fawns preferrably if I can. Just my preference, but doesn't always work that way. I usually don't shoot fawns now....gone soft I guess...LOL