You hear most hunters talking about the challange of hunting and shooting that big wary trophy buck. But how many of you have hunted and gotten skunked by a big old doe. For several years at that. This one big (140lb plus) doe has been giving me the slip for 4 years now. The last two years she hasnt had any fawns with her so I suspect she is dry now. This deer is more wary, slick, and cunning than any deer I have ever tried to hunt. Buck or doe. This deer is always on high alert and has busted me so many times its not funny. I finally got her picture on my trail cam back in February. Of all the deer in those pictures, she is the only one looking and stomping her foot at the camera. The other deer returned everyday for more pictures. She didnt. I know where she beds, where she feeds, where she travels but I have yet to get a shot at her. She always seems to be one step ahead of me. I have decided that if I do end up shooting her one day, she will
go up on the wall, right amongst the horned ones.[:-]

Sounds like you have a mission in front of you and a deer well worth hunting. It will make a great trophy for you I am sure. If you get her, make sure you tell us about it.

Many a doe has busted me! I try for a doe or yearling right off so I can get some good meat for the freezer. Since I' m a land owner I can legally take three deer. I save the other two licenses for a buck. But I know what you mean about does. Some are so smart. It' s nice to know that there will always be the smart ones around to breed and keep the population up.

BTW, you wouldn' t be the first person I know of who has a doe mounted.

I' ve got a pair of them almost in my back yard. I' ve been after them for 4 years now and haven' t come close to getting a good shot. They stomp, snort and jump whether they have a reason to or not. It got so bad last season, that I had them come by me at fifteen steps and I never moved. I figured it was better to leave them alone than to move and have them spook any other deer in the area. I call them bionic does. They hear, smell and see everything. I' ve tried to draw on them a dozen times in the last four years and it just ain' t happenin.

I had me a dominant doe tormenting me for a couple of years. She would bust me time after time and cost me more than one good buck during bow season. I finally got her last gun season. I almost decided not to shoot her with the gun but to wait until another bow season and see if I was up to challenge with the bow. But, I got to thinking about all the times I saw her run bucks out of my food plots and out of my sights during the bow season. When I shot her, she had been in my sight for a good minute, which is longer than she had ever gone without busting me. She had the best vision of any deer I' ve ever seen. I waited until she spotted me and then I busted her. I guess I wanted her to know it was me. She was a good 6 or 7 years old. I' ve told more stories about that doe than the two nice bucks I have on the wall.

Ive got a doe on my farm with white stocking feet that Ive got so manypictures of its not funny. The first time I saw her was opening day of bow season of 96 and she had a baby with her then, they bedded down 30 yards from me for the entire morning and I passed her up for several years and cant count how many times we havew seen her. I decided to take her with my bow the first year she didnt have fawns, that has been two seasons ago and I am still trying. I still get 20-30 pictures of her each year but always at night, she has a sixth sense, she either spots me trying to draw or when she gets to about 40 yards she will get real jittery and go back where she came from, even when I know she hasnt smelled me[]

I had one bust me twice last year. I would have guessed her to be at least 4 1/2 years old last year and I' ve seen her in the fields again this year. The old long gray snouts are deffinately a real challenge!