shoot a doe!!!
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lancaster, Ohio
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shoot a doe!!!
no offense to anyone that goes all there life only shooting bucks but shoot a doe it helps your deer herd by balancing the doe/buck ratio and u get some good meat by it and dont be embaressed if u do shoot a doe even if people rag on u (refering to neck4752 posts, dont feel bad neck i shot my second deer this year in opening day of shotgun season and and it was a doe and people ragged on me)
#3
RE: shoot a doe!!!
I agree with you but some people have their own way of hunting and they have that right. Im not going to stop them. I personally shot a doe or two a year and get a buck im im lucky. Hey even the first day of shotgun season if a nice doe comes by yea ill shot it because I know i will regret it later if my freezer is empty.
#4
RE: shoot a doe!!!
i love deer meat......buck doe it dont matter.......ive taken 7 does and 2 bucks in my 6 yrs of hunting.....if i was patient and didnt shoot the first deer i saw i could have more bucks.....but deer meat is deer meat......my processer should be calling any day now telling me my 2 does are done!! cant wait!
#5
RE: shoot a doe!!!
i've shot 5 bucks and 14 does..you gotta shoot those does. if not, you're gonna be in earn a buck like us. i dont mind earn a buck, because it helps us manage our property a little better. the only time would shoot a doe right away on opening morning would be if were in an earn buck zone. other than that, like in iowa, i just let the does walk until we do some small drives, and then we usually try and take a couple. we get enough where i dont have to worry about not getting one.
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#6
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lancaster, Ohio
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RE: shoot a doe!!!
glad to see some people agree with me but here in ohio everyone now just shoots bucks with 2 world record bucks taken in 4 years
when i went to the processor out of about 12-20 deer there was about 3 does everything else bucks there were spike buck 3points and a whole bunch of small ones. those guys need to let them grow!
when i went to the processor out of about 12-20 deer there was about 3 does everything else bucks there were spike buck 3points and a whole bunch of small ones. those guys need to let them grow!
#9
RE: shoot a doe!!!
I agree its a good idea to take a few does a year as well. I am more in favor of somebody taking a doe rather than a young buck. It seems like a waste to me for people to shoot bambi bucks just to say they got a buck. In my opinion does are twice as good eating as a buck and should not be overlooked.