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Lazy Archer - like you ill take a doe for the freezer aon any day. However If I see a doe walking in with fawns or ive seen this doe walking around yelping for her babies ill let them all go on their way. Last year i had two situation where a doe and fawns walked in duing rifle at 50 yards and the second time at less then 10 yards as I was sitting on the ground behind cover. Ill tell you seeing those three walk in that close scared me as I didnt see what they were until they were that close.

Well Ill take a nice doe any day, now if she comes in with her young, I wont. but a loner I would, good eating. We have aolot of does around here too and r season alows you to take 2 of both sex. but say you kill a buck first, You have to kill 2 doe before you can take the 2nd buck, or you can take 4 does, or 2 does and then 2 bucks. what I do is get the meat out of the way, and then just hope im there at the right place at the right time, to get some more......... good luck to ya

Lazyarcher,
Here in North Carolina it used to be the same way. You only had 1 or 2 days out of a 4 month season to take a doe. The rest had to be bucks. Now the state has realized how important it is to keep the doe population under control. In most areas of the state you can kill 6 deer for the season. Two of those can be bucks or all six can be does.
The land I hunt on is overrun with does. The biggest buck taken there was an eight pointer. Most are spikes and four pointers. Food is scarce so the bucks don't get the nutrition they need to grow big antlers. The last three years we have tried to take mostly does and let the smaller bucks go which seems to be helping. In certain areas where there is alot of farming the deer have plenty of food bucks grow to a decent size.

This year we plan to start food plots and we've been feeding corn year round since we got the lease. Most of the land around us is owned by paper companies and the closest agricultural crops are about 5 miles away.

So to answer your question we are killing does now to hopefully get that wallhanger in the future.

Cant eat horns<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> I'll take a doe anytime.

Since I've yet to take a deer with a bow........A doe is just fine for a first bow harvest. If I could just get one to give a shoot.

I will only shoot a doe after the first day during the gun season. Mainly because the first day is your best chance to take a nice buck. I won't shoot any doe during archery. Just seeing deer close by in archery is exciting, plus there is the chance that a buck might be fallowing her. I have left a few doe tags unfilled because of this way of thinking.
eddie

here in maryland we have unlimited doe harvest i wack them puppies
we can only take two bucks but have to have shot two does before we can shoot the second buck. i usally get three or four does before seasons end

I'll gladly shoot a doe. Our doe numbers are very high, too high considering buck to doe ratio. The one thing I do like to do is try to save my doe tag until late season achery/muzzleloader. This follows all the gun banging seasons into the winter and hunting simply a doe exclusively is harder than getting a buck in Oct. bow season.

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Although I won't pass up a trophy buck, I usually prefer a 3-4 yr old mature doe..........lots of meat and usually milder tasting. I love to cook,...........and I love to eat venison..........and trust me..the horns taste pretty bad.
A herd must be balanced and the taking of Does is part of the balance.

You bet I'll take a doe! Like most of the others, I wont shoot a doe with young, but if she's alone she's in the freezer. Better eating than a buck, and more chances at a good shot. Once I have deer meat, then I'll look for the horns.

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