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re: Shooting a doe this late
Posted on 1/8/18 at 3:24 pm to oleyeller
Posted on 1/8/18 at 3:24 pm to oleyeller
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it does when he is looking for excuses for lazy BIL to come hunt his spot.
If this were the case, then no reason to even ask here. He could have just used that excuse from the start. But he actually asked if he should be concerned about shooting does in January, in which case the answer is no, based solely on the concern that shooting pregnant does would have a negative effect on his herd.
At the same time, if the family agreed to the management, this should have been set from the start. But OP didn't know anyone else would try to hunt, so now he is in the predicament of trying to find an excuse.
This post was edited on 1/8/18 at 3:27 pm
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Posted on 1/8/18 at 3:26 pm to Timmayy
i take people hunting with me often. I let them shoot what they want until january. And i tell them no doe, because bucks are chasing
Posted on 1/8/18 at 3:26 pm to oleyeller
Wait...generally, people shooting a bunch of does are doing so because there are plenty of deer and they want to make sure the ratio doesn't get out of hand. If a piece of land has so few deer that we are splitting hairs over bred vs will be bred, why are does even being shot?
Posted on 1/8/18 at 3:27 pm to AlxTgr
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why are does even being shot?
howngry
Posted on 1/8/18 at 3:28 pm to oleyeller
Good for you,
Kinda sucks your kids will be flipping burgers with them genes your giving them
Kinda sucks your kids will be flipping burgers with them genes your giving them
Posted on 1/8/18 at 3:33 pm to Timmayy
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Kinda sucks your kids will be flipping burgers with them genes your giving them
good thing min wage going to $15 hr. By then it will be at least $25
Posted on 1/8/18 at 3:42 pm to SeaPickle
Saw a answer concerning whether the existing does are bred or not. Answer is usually and I say usually as soon as a doe is bred she will lick her hocks "clean as driven snow". If not they will remain brown. This is from a vet that told me this.
Posted on 1/8/18 at 4:13 pm to Swampman
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as a doe is bred she will lick her hocks "clean as driven snow". If not they will remain brown. This is from a vet that told me this.
First time I've ever heard this.
To the OP, if BIL has never killed a deer, I'd say let him go shoot whatever he wants.
If you have feeders and/or food plots, other deer will move in before next season. I used to be in a similar situation. I only have 80 acres of family land with a couple hundred acres surrounding that is not heavily hunted. When my uncles hunted there, they would consistently shoot 10-15 deer a year on our 80. I told them that one day it would catch up to them but it never did. Now it's just my son, my brother, and me that hunt it and for the last 8 years we have averaged 7 deer per year.
And to the original question of shooting does late, IMO, it really doesn't matter. You can assume the vast majority of mature does will be bred.
Posted on 1/8/18 at 5:31 pm to tenfoe
quote:Exactly
What's the difference if you do it now versus in October? She's not alive to have a fawn either way.
What's next? Not shooting ducks that have eggs?
This post was edited on 1/8/18 at 5:37 pm
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