Two Deer Down During Rut
12-05-2014, 06:38 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 3,359
Drop the doe and stay in your stand. It's basically like a sleeping doe decoy. 
The buck doesn't know or probably care that the doe is just laying there. They will at least stop and sniff.
And shooting, even with a rifle, won't blow the area out for long. Especially when the rut is on. The buck you may see in 15 minutes could have been a mile away when you fired the shot. I've also had deer in front of me when someone shot 100 yards away. They look around for a few seconds and that's about it. They don't know what it is, or where it came from.
The buck doesn't know or probably care that the doe is just laying there. They will at least stop and sniff.And shooting, even with a rifle, won't blow the area out for long. Especially when the rut is on. The buck you may see in 15 minutes could have been a mile away when you fired the shot. I've also had deer in front of me when someone shot 100 yards away. They look around for a few seconds and that's about it. They don't know what it is, or where it came from.
A doe that walks by 10X is 10x more likely to bring a buck by.
Last edited by rockport; 12-05-2014 at 06:41 PM.
12-07-2014, 04:53 PM
#12
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 52
Drop the doe and stay in your stand. It's basically like a sleeping doe decoy. The buck doesn't know or probably care that the doe is just laying there. They will at least stop and sniff.
And shooting, even with a rifle, won't blow the area out for long. Especially when the rut is on. The buck you may see in 15 minutes could have been a mile away when you fired the shot. I've also had deer in front of me when someone shot 100 yards away. They look around for a few seconds and that's about it. They don't know what it is, or where it came from.
The buck doesn't know or probably care that the doe is just laying there. They will at least stop and sniff.And shooting, even with a rifle, won't blow the area out for long. Especially when the rut is on. The buck you may see in 15 minutes could have been a mile away when you fired the shot. I've also had deer in front of me when someone shot 100 yards away. They look around for a few seconds and that's about it. They don't know what it is, or where it came from.
12-07-2014, 06:43 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2010
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I'll put it this way. If you want to set your goals on a big mature buck you are already playing a low % game and if your blasting doe during the rut your chances are only getting smaller. If you don't care that much sure blast whatever but saying it won't matter is simply wrong.....way wrong.
I can't believe somebody would actually give the advice that firing your gun won't hurt your deer hunting. I mean sure sometimes they don't have a clue what just happened but from my experience a much higher % of the time they run like hell.
Sure that mature buck might be a mile away and he also might be right behind you.
Its not a death sentence to shoot doe during the rut but and like I said if you don't care that much no worries but if you want to be series about harvesting real mature bucks with any consistency you can't just use a bunch of tactics that MIGHT not hurt your already slim chances.
I can't believe somebody would actually give the advice that firing your gun won't hurt your deer hunting. I mean sure sometimes they don't have a clue what just happened but from my experience a much higher % of the time they run like hell.
Sure that mature buck might be a mile away and he also might be right behind you.
Its not a death sentence to shoot doe during the rut but and like I said if you don't care that much no worries but if you want to be series about harvesting real mature bucks with any consistency you can't just use a bunch of tactics that MIGHT not hurt your already slim chances.
Last edited by rockport; 12-07-2014 at 07:03 PM.
12-17-2014, 07:01 AM
#14
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 52
Drop the doe and stay in your stand. It's basically like a sleeping doe decoy. The buck doesn't know or probably care that the doe is just laying there. They will at least stop and sniff.
And shooting, even with a rifle, won't blow the area out for long. Especially when the rut is on. The buck you may see in 15 minutes could have been a mile away when you fired the shot. I've also had deer in front of me when someone shot 100 yards away. They look around for a few seconds and that's about it. They don't know what it is, or where it came from.
The buck doesn't know or probably care that the doe is just laying there. They will at least stop and sniff.And shooting, even with a rifle, won't blow the area out for long. Especially when the rut is on. The buck you may see in 15 minutes could have been a mile away when you fired the shot. I've also had deer in front of me when someone shot 100 yards away. They look around for a few seconds and that's about it. They don't know what it is, or where it came from.
12-17-2014, 08:04 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Wentzville, MO
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I'll put it this way. If you want to set your goals on a big mature buck you are already playing a low % game and if your blasting doe during the rut your chances are only getting smaller. If you don't care that much sure blast whatever but saying it won't matter is simply wrong.....way wrong.
I can't believe somebody would actually give the advice that firing your gun won't hurt your deer hunting. I mean sure sometimes they don't have a clue what just happened but from my experience a much higher % of the time they run like hell.
Sure that mature buck might be a mile away and he also might be right behind you.
Its not a death sentence to shoot doe during the rut but and like I said if you don't care that much no worries but if you want to be series about harvesting real mature bucks with any consistency you can't just use a bunch of tactics that MIGHT not hurt your already slim chances.
I can't believe somebody would actually give the advice that firing your gun won't hurt your deer hunting. I mean sure sometimes they don't have a clue what just happened but from my experience a much higher % of the time they run like hell.
Sure that mature buck might be a mile away and he also might be right behind you.
Its not a death sentence to shoot doe during the rut but and like I said if you don't care that much no worries but if you want to be series about harvesting real mature bucks with any consistency you can't just use a bunch of tactics that MIGHT not hurt your already slim chances.
12-17-2014, 08:42 AM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
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That was nice of you to let him get "it" done before wacking her, LOL!
12-17-2014, 10:49 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
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Oh that absolutely happens. Ive shot doe and had bucks run up and try to bread them BUT that doesn't make it a good strategy.
This year the town where I went to school (Pittsfield IL) had a big buck run across the wal mart parking lot.....That doesn't make wal mart a good place to hang your stand.
There are things that are good strategies and then there are things you might get away with. Shooting a hot doe while buck hunting is the later.
Last edited by rockport; 12-17-2014 at 10:52 AM.
12-17-2014, 11:50 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Wentzville, MO
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Oh that absolutely happens. Ive shot doe and had bucks run up and try to bread them BUT that doesn't make it a good strategy.
This year the town where I went to school (Pittsfield IL) had a big buck run across the wal mart parking lot.....That doesn't make wal mart a good place to hang your stand.
There are things that are good strategies and then there are things you might get away with. Shooting a hot doe while buck hunting is the later.
This year the town where I went to school (Pittsfield IL) had a big buck run across the wal mart parking lot.....That doesn't make wal mart a good place to hang your stand.
There are things that are good strategies and then there are things you might get away with. Shooting a hot doe while buck hunting is the later.
I've been in that parking lot! Drive thru Pittsfield when I go back to my hometown.
