re: Question About Doe Harvest

Not sure what to expect, I had this same dilemma with how many does to harvest. I keep track of how many deer are killed each year at our lease. The total deer sighting was going up , but we were seeing more does and less bucks. We changed the rules for this year to encourage shooting more does. We changed the rules from shooting whatever you want , to 3.5 age class or older only. This led to more members having to rely on shooting does instead of 1.5-2.5 yr old bucks to fill the freezer.

Previous seasons the most doe we have killed was 12. And we have always killed more bucks than doe in previous seasons. This year we killed 17 does and 9 bucks, so it really flipped the script from previous years. I’m hoping that results in more bucks next season.