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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: clearviewguy on December 31, 2011, 08:43:35 AM

Title: Shoot a doe or wait?
Post by: clearviewguy on December 31, 2011, 08:43:35 AM: I have my landowner tag and Im sitting here watching two does. Should I shoot or wait? I have until march 31st... need advice :dunno:
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Post by: CP on December 31, 2011, 08:47:30 AM: Shoot the doe then go do some bird hunting.
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Post by: boneaddict on December 31, 2011, 08:47:52 AM: I've never killed a doe. Do you need to eat? or hunting for fun?
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Post by: Fowlweather25 on December 31, 2011, 08:48:07 AM: How bad do you want the meat have you seen a lot of bucks?
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Post by: JohnVH on December 31, 2011, 08:51:26 AM: I hunt for meat, Id shoot a doe no problem, but you also have LOTS of time to find something if you want a buck.
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Post by: Quackin_Archer on December 31, 2011, 08:51:58 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on December 31, 2011, 08:47:52 AM
I've never killed a doe. Do you need to eat? or hunting for fun?

I say go with your gut. If your not that excited about it then definately wait. BUT if you are and want some venison steaks then let her fly! Sometimes though if you are managing a heard, its better to take out the old doe so the bucks will mate with the younger more fertile does. Some old does go sterile and block the others from mating. Just a thought.
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Post by: clearviewguy on December 31, 2011, 08:53:19 AM: For fun I guess. There's one spike and one decent buck but on the property last night there were 25+ does... I have two tags and didn't get a deer during general....Uggg..
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Post by: high country on December 31, 2011, 08:54:45 AM: It will not be long and they will all look like does.......
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Post by: Fowlweather25 on December 31, 2011, 08:55:23 AM: If that's the case kill a doe! They eat good!
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Post by: DoubleJ on December 31, 2011, 09:01:47 AM: Another vote for the doe
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Post by: elkboy on December 31, 2011, 09:02:43 AM: Best meat in the world! And population reduction is usually most effective with doe harvest! Good luck!
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Post by: Fowlweather25 on December 31, 2011, 09:18:07 AM: Did ya git er?
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Post by: Curly on December 31, 2011, 09:20:22 AM: Quote from: high country on December 31, 2011, 08:54:45 AM
It will not be long and they will all look like does.......

My thought as well.
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Post by: bobcat on December 31, 2011, 09:21:29 AM: Quote from: high country on December 31, 2011, 08:54:45 AM
It will not be long and they will all look like does.......

:yeah:
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Post by: clearviewguy on December 31, 2011, 09:21:52 AM: Thanks guys! I think im going to take a doe. The 2 im watching just bedded down and 3 more are in the garden. Going to run in the house for a minute then its show time. Thanks for advice. I will update in a few
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Post by: DoubleJ on December 31, 2011, 09:22:35 AM: Hurry up!!!

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Post by: Fowlweather25 on December 31, 2011, 09:27:47 AM: :yike: yeah no kiddin! You're killin me! :IBCOOL: it's like I'm there! :chuckle:
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on December 31, 2011, 10:02:50 AM: try again a little more to the left! :yike:
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Post by: 400out on December 31, 2011, 10:06:27 AM: Quote from: clearviewguy on December 31, 2011, 09:21:52 AM
Thanks guys! I think im going to take a doe. The 2 im watching just bedded down and 3 more are in the garden. Going to run in the house for a minute then its show time. Thanks for advice. I will update in a few
:chuckle: now that's ruff hunting! You should wait till tomorrow and then post "thanks guys I'm going to wait for a timeout or the two minute warning then it's show time" :chuckle:
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on December 31, 2011, 10:08:30 AM: When is the last time you shot your gun? Now aim alot more back to the right 5'. :bash:
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Post by: Martinhunter on December 31, 2011, 12:23:34 PM: Well if your horn hunten then you mine as well shoot a doe since the bucks will be dropping them soon.
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Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on December 31, 2011, 01:56:46 PM: This time of year? I'd take the doe in a heartbeat. They still carry some fat on them and are in much better shape eating wise.

And if you're horn hunting, you may be disappointed anyway, even if he's still packing. I was on a late December hunt with a couple buddies in Alaska on one 's seine boat. We were finishing up breakfast and coffee when a buck walked out on the beach next to where we were anchored. The skipper grabbed his rifle (legal to shoot from a non moving boat in Kodiak and Prince William Sound) shot it in the neck and when the bullet hit, both antlers popped off his head and flew in different direction about 8 or 10 feet.

Another friend had shot a real nice 20" wide forky and we stopped at another friend's cabin to visit for the evening. He grabbed it by the antlers to show it off as he stood on the edge of the boat . Both antlers popped off in his hands as he was lifting it up and my friend of course lost his balance and fell over the side of the boat. Lucky for him the water was only a couple feet deep there, but he landed on his back so he got drenched.
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Post by: DoubleJ on December 31, 2011, 05:13:24 PM: So, where's the deer?
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Post by: bloodhound on December 31, 2011, 05:32:38 PM: said hes got 2 tags wtf kill a doe then try to get a buck! fill the freezer then worry later if you should shoot another doe or take a buck!
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Post by: DoubleJ on December 31, 2011, 05:35:15 PM: Quote from: bloodhound on December 31, 2011, 05:32:38 PM
said hes got 2 tags wtf kill a doe then try to get a buck! fill the freezer then worry later if you should shoot another doe or take a buck!

Hell, it's the last day, shoot 2 does as they stand next to each other.
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Post by: bloodhound on December 31, 2011, 05:39:55 PM: he said they are land owner tags good till march
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Post by: DoubleJ on December 31, 2011, 05:51:32 PM: Quote from: bloodhound on December 31, 2011, 05:39:55 PM
he said they are land owner tags good till march

Oh, then yea, do like you said
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Post by: rebal69972 on December 31, 2011, 05:52:09 PM: been waiting all day where the dead deer :bash: :bash: :bash:
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Post by: PolarBear on December 31, 2011, 05:53:53 PM: Wait!
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Post by: bloodhound on December 31, 2011, 05:54:20 PM: yah it dont take 9 hours to kill skin and butcher a deer you shot from your porch!
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Post by: Kowsrule30 on December 31, 2011, 06:58:40 PM: Shoot two of them!!!!
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Post by: kglacken on December 31, 2011, 07:15:14 PM: Quote from: Kowsrule30 on December 31, 2011, 06:58:40 PM
Shoot two of them!!!!
:yeah:
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Post by: doehunter57 on December 31, 2011, 08:32:42 PM: Shoot a doe. I have killed many does and sure do love the meat. Notice my handle (name) ?? :tup:
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Post by: steen on January 07, 2012, 02:55:09 PM: If he wants a buck he better hurry or he'll have one without the antlers, then might as well shoot two does.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on January 07, 2012, 05:33:53 PM: I bet he missed the deer and thats why he hasn't posted since than.
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Post by: buckman202 on January 09, 2012, 12:14:39 PM: :yeah: :bash:
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on January 09, 2012, 12:25:59 PM: I thought landowner tags still had to.use a valid WA deer tag? Maybe something changed? When I was checking into the program each deer harvested on a landowner permit had to be tagged with a valid tag.
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Post by: Kowsrule30 on January 09, 2012, 12:32:36 PM: Quote from: BULLBLASTER on January 09, 2012, 12:25:59 PM
I thought landowner tags still had to.use a valid WA deer tag? Maybe something changed? When I was checking into the program each deer harvested on a landowner permit had to be tagged with a valid tag.

That's what I understood as well..... When my friend had some I had to buy another deer tag to make it legal..... This was quite a few years ago though... :dunno:
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Post by: BENCHLEG on January 11, 2012, 07:30:52 PM: with the weather we are having they may shed and regrow by march. my hanging *censored*willow tree is already growing fuzzys. things are strange this year. :sry: :dunno: :dunno: good luck i think fill freezer when you are ready 2.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on January 11, 2012, 07:36:05 PM: The longer he waits the bigger the veal gets, 2 for 1 hunting. :yike:
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Post by: sakoshooter on January 13, 2012, 08:34:21 PM: I'm under the understanding that the reason for the landowner tag in the first place is because of depredation and a need to reduce the herd in that given area. Shooting a doe would seem to be the proper use fo this tag.