RE: When do you make that decision to shoot or not?
 

I SUPPOSE THE FIRST THING I WOULD ASK IS IF WE ARE MEAT HUNTING OR TROPHY HUNTING ... IF IM MEAT HUNTING THEN I MOST LIKELY WILL TRY AND SELECT A MATURE DOE WITH NO YEARLINGS ...OBVIOUSLY IF I AM HORN HUNTING THEN I HAVE A SET ASTANDARD IN MY MIND BEFORE I EVER ENTER THE WOODS ..IF I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE IT MOUNTED THEN I WILL NOT BE SHOOTING ..

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RE: When do you make that decision to shoot or not?
 

well guy i love to eat deer meat,i hunt on wma and there is a 3 point on one siderule if he has thee ponits on one side i willshoot at him. haven't shot any does in the 4 years i have hunted here. lord they kill enough of the poor little heffers:(. the ones i see or when they look up at me with those big brown eyes i just can't shoot. like rybohuntersaidthere may be a big buck not far behind her. that my excuse and i'm sticking to it;)

RE: When do you make that decision to shoot or not?
 

I usually shoot the first buck I see and I usually do it as soon as the first shot opratunity presents its self... Oh and I also take my safty off as soon as I hear or see deer...

RE: When do you make that decision to shoot or not?
 

I make the decision before I start the truck in the morning.

RE: When do you make that decision to shoot or not?
 

the area I hunt has a fairly good deer population but you need to have an anterless deer tag if you want to shoot a doe. If I am drawn and have such a tag I usually will not even consider shooting a doe the first 2 weeks of our 4 week season. pretty much any buck is dead at any time. I may pass on a spike the first week depending on the mood I am in.
I will not shoot a doe with fawns, might just as well shoot the fawns too if you do that IMO.
Just looking for meat to put in the freezer.

RE: When do you make that decision to shoot or not?
 

Deer populations where I hunt are somewhere between medium and high. If you can't get a shot off at the first doe you saw, just wait another one is out thier. So deer populations is a no issue for me.

As for a doe I try to make sure that it is not a fawn, but if it is a good size doe and I can get a shot off ,then I will take it right then and there. I try to go out with only killing a doe first on my mind. but if a good size big body buck comes around....well bang! goes the rifle.