Bucks Or Does
 

Ok Which do you prefer to shoot ?

Bucks or Does

And why ? Please Reply

RE: Bucks Or Does
 

I only try to shoot does when I want more deer meat or when I use my longbow. It is more respectful to shoot bucks, I guess thats due to the way I was raised.

RE: Bucks Or Does
 

I take a doe at the beginning of season for my farmer then wait for a trophy buck.

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Buck because that is all that could be taken when I first started to hunt here in VT. Does are allowed now on a limited basis during bow season and with a permit for ML season. When I first hunted the buck doe ratio was really wide because there wasn't any doe harvest. You got used to watching a couple dozen does pass by waiting for your buck. I guess it just kind of set in that way. The only does I have taken were with a bow.

RE: Bucks Or Does
 

Doe meat is better, the bucks meat is more stringy and clogs up the grinder a lot more.

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i guess if u take management out of the picture i would shoot a buck.
but sometimes a have to take all does cause i try to maintain a 2/1 ratio

RE: Bucks Or Does
 

i like a nice fat doe to fill the freezer

RE: Bucks Or Does
 

voted for whichever walks in front of me first

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if i got the tag for it, i'll shoot it. and if i got both tags, then whatever first.

RE: Bucks Or Does
 

i voted for what comes out first but since i can take 2 a day so i can be choosey .lol

RE: Bucks Or Does
 

I prefer to shoot bucks but I haven't in three years ever since I set my standards high. If I am not willing to mount it I let it pass. I have let a lot of 150-170 class deer walk trying to get a monster buck that I have seen.I have shot a lot of does over the lasr few years because IA is trying to thinn the hears and letting you shoot a lot of does. I have a farm that I huntand thelandowner likes me to shoot does.

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I'm not doubting anyone who can make 344 post in 2 weeks but if your letting alot of 170 class bucks walk you have alot of stay power. I have a couple in the 170's and will shoot any other one I see. The racks are just to nice at that size for me to let walk.

RE: Bucks Or Does
 

does for meat. bucks for fun:D

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Depends on the areas deer pop and the size, I dont have the >if it is brown its down attitude< I cant believe some would just shoot the first deer that steps out.

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The county I live in is designated a "reduction county"due to overpopulation allowing me to take up to 8 antlerless deer , we only get one buck period , and I'm a meat only hunter . Not hard to figure out what I voted .

RE: Bucks Or Does
 

I prefer to shoot a buck, but I take my fair share of does as well.

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If I can see any deer while hunting, I'll take a doe first.

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Shoot young does for the freezer and only shoot bucks if they are eight points or more and appear to be at least two years old.

RE: Bucks Or Does
 

Both taste good and will fill the frezer. If I see a good buck then duhhhhhh of course I'd take it over the doe next to him. But if she is all I see her new name is Dinner. :D

RE: Bucks Or Does
 

I prefer to shoot does but I have been hunting close to 50 years and have lived in some excellent deer hunting states and have shot a lot of big bucks. Normally I try to help the people I hunt with to get their deer first. If they actually hit a deer and not get it, then I will follow up in that area to track the deer down.

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To be very honest, I usually make that decision when the moment of truth arrives. Even tho hunting NH/Maine has proven to beunproductive at times, I will wait for the buck, especially early in the season. Also, we hunt areas in NH designated bucks only when we could hunt literally across the road, in a different zone, for any deer.

When I first started hunting, I would take the first legal deer I saw without question.
I guess the longer you have been hunting, the more selective you get.

RE: Bucks Or Does
 

Doe's for meat and management,bucks for the challenge,the wall and of course the meat.

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I shoot bucks, cause does are by special quota and permits.

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its for the meat not a trophy....dont mid shootin a nice buck though ;)