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wesmac68

10-05-2005 08:03 PM

Judging size of doe

How do you judge the size of a doe, especially at a distance and traveling by itself.

rgarza

10-05-2005 08:25 PM

RE: Judging size of doe

I never shoot an antlerless deer by itself. Often these deer are button bucks. Always wait for more than one deer to present itself, and then make a harvest decision.

retrieverman

10-05-2005 09:29 PM

RE: Judging size of doe

Look for buttons and shoot the heifer. If I am specificallydoe hunting, a doe is a doe, and size is irrelevent.

cardeer

10-06-2005 12:30 AM

RE: Judging size of doe

Head size,Body mass, yes alot of times a lone skin head with a short nose is a button

wis_bow_huntr

10-06-2005 07:38 AM

RE: Judging size of doe

Long Floppy ears with a long dark face.

missed_another

10-06-2005 08:10 AM

RE: Judging size of doe

i think it's all in the nose. short stubbynose is ayoung deer. long thinnose is big deer. this about the easiest way i have found to make a decision onsize.:)

Champlain Islander

10-06-2005 08:36 AM

RE: Judging size of doe

Wait for 3 to show up and take the biggest. A lone deer is difficult to guess especially at a distance.

micdundee

10-06-2005 08:59 AM

RE: Judging size of doe

I very rarely shoot at a doe by itself. I have a hard time telling how big it is. I like to be able to judge it with a couple of others.

Hunter06FlKy

10-06-2005 02:56 PM

RE: Judging size of doe

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ORIGINAL: missed_another

i think it's all in the nose. short stubbynose is ayoung deer. long thinnose is big deer. this about the easiest way i have found to make a decision onsize.:)

that's the best way to do it. it's alot better to wait until there are others to compare it to.

DoctorDeath

10-06-2005 04:19 PM

RE: Judging size of doe

WELL AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING BOASTFUL I AM A "TROPHY" DOE HUNTER ....I GENERALLY LIKE TO GLASS THE LENGTH OF THE EARS AND THE SPREAD BETWEEN THE EARS .... YEP ..THAT WILL GIVE THEM AWAY EVERYTIME ....HERE IN NORTH ALABAMA A REAL "TROPHY" DOE WILL HAVE ABOUT A 5in SPREAD ....

DOE'SRUS

DD

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