Avoid This HUGE Mistake: The Truth About Shooting Does | Deer Hunting

[@Crossbow79]

I shoot does it fills the freezer which is number one priority and it helps keep the population healthy. I do try to get a decent buck if the opportunity presents itself but fill freezer first!

[@rediron44]

Same. I've noticed on my place this fall, the does I've seen seem skinny.. is it common to see ribs on deer in trail cam pics? I'm not talking skeleton, but they didn't seem big

[@justinlloyd9342]

Amen on my 50acres we already got 3 does in the freezer I’d like to get a nice buck but if not at least I’ll have meat in the freezer

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

In the summer yes, once they get their winter coats, not typically.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Well done! Congratulations!

[@g.alistar7798]

Farmers out here in Iowa often won’t let you hunt their land for a buck UNTIL you take a doe! Crop damage is ridiculous!

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Makes sense!

[@craigkohler7095]

Agree! I try to take a doe or rwo every year, often at the beginning of the season. Get meat for the freezer and pressure is off that. Allows me to focus on a nice buck.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Yup! Exactly!

[@alexgarete1521]

I love this content many of the local New Yorkers don’t seem to grasp this concept they only shoot bucks and with scowl at you if you shoot a doe. Had it happen more than once.”we want more deer and there’s not enough does” told him I saw 15 does in a few hundred acre piece that same day he didn’t say anything else

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Yup! They are making the problem worse and if you have a group of guys it’s a lot easier to affect change! Good luck to you and thanks for the comment!

[@TheMenagerie-bb5mr]

My Dad always said that those horns won't hold batter worth a darn when you frying.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

@@TheMenagerie-bb5mr sure don’t! Thanks for the comment!

[@BluePiggy97]

Good info dude, haven’t heard that perspective before

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Glad it was helpful! That’s what we go for! Thanks for the comment!

[@dlane3206]

very good-never heard about the bucks maturing earlier but it makes sense.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

@@dlane3206 appreciate the comment! Just sharing what we have experienced and having bucks do it consistently in one area where there are so many does, only logical explanation!

[@ronsamborski6230]

I had your video show up in my recommendations. By coincidence, I bought an antlerless license today. I’ve made up my mind that I need to get a doe for meat in the freezer, and I’m not going to be waiting for a nice buck. I will take a nice buck if one happens along before I take a doe. Here in Michigan where I live and hunt, the DNR has changed regulations so that muzzleloader season in the Lower Peninsula will be open for any legal firearm. That will help reduce the overall deer population because more hunters will take advantage of their season being extended past the normal fifteen days of firearm season. Liked and subscribed to your channel. 👍🏼🦌

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Appreciate the sub and comment! That’s how we always do it. We fill the freezers with Does. With people that don’t shoot does and want to fill the freezer, most the time that means they are shooting 1 and 2 year old bucks, which further compounds issues! To me it’s an easy win/win, fill freezer, get precious mental and physical reps on shooting, and help the herd out. Thanks again!

[@pickledaddy8468]

It's stupid, it's called deer hunting not buck hunting.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Yup and then “buck hunters” don’t get the basics

[@timbow50]

According to our camera pics the ratio the last three or four years is way better. We think it’s the coyote population that has changed it. We still have 5-6 does for each of the 2 year old + bucks as best we can tell. It all changes late October through January anyway. An average year we take 8-10 does off the farm. In the past we’ve had way too many does.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Sounds like you are making progress and doing all the right things! Thanks for the comment!

[@timbow50]

@@WeekendWoodsmen yep. Taking out about 30-35 coyotes has helped. It’s hard to do on 4 sections of mesquite pasture. But we are learning after 32 years.

[@yourmomma2995]

that was a sumner batchlor group picture, when the bucks always travel together, has nothing to do with killing your precious breeder does.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

@@yourmomma2995 ​​⁠it actually does because if you don’t have any room on your property for bucks because you have a million does then you #1 won’t get that many bucks together on your property in Batchelor groups in the first place and #2 when that Batchelor group breaks up and the bucks get anti social they leave your property. We consistently have at least 2-3 mature bucks using our property as a core area and have a chance to kill them early and late season in addition to the rut. Then if you have a million does then sure they will know to come to your property to find a hot doe, and they will have to look for a doe for about 2 seconds to find a receptive one and then go seclude themselves away from all the other deer, which again is off your property because you have a million does, and when they are done breeding then they find another doe in 2 seconds and the bucks don’t have to search so they find another one quick and lock down, and they can’t get to them all so it drags on and they lose their sense of urgency and rut activity drags. Not sure why you think I am saying “kill all your does” I am saying “manage your does” because there are a ton of people that refuse to shoot does due to misinformation.

[@Brianyon-w4j]

Hunting shows have ruined hunting especially for new hunters they all think they have to shoot a 200 inch buck and end up not killing anything

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

there is for sure alot less pride in taking the deer that make you happy, managing a herd appropriatly, getting meat is not emphasized enough ( I know some shows talk about their donations but not nearly enough)...maturity is not the same in every area that is for sure - sometimes that is a 3 year old and sometimes it's a 6 year old...

[@Brianyon-w4j]

⁠@@WeekendWoodsmenI live and hunt in north Mississippi and we don’t have huge bucks but we do have a large population.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

That's all you need! Good luck this year and thanks for the comments!

[@bitterroot_reaper]

I’m from Idaho and I try to pull a resident extra doe tag annually, for this very reason. And if I’m not seeing older age class buck on my general tag, I harvest another doe. I do the same with elk, I specifically hunt cow seasons.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Smart! Appreciate the comment!

[@freecitizen7372]

This year the Michigan DNR is begging hunters to take out more does. Antlerless licenses in January are dropping to $5.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

We have hunted Michigan, there were certainly a ton of does where we were! Here in Ohio the extended the discounted for tag to be good into guns season for the first time ever

[@JeffreyBrunner-b1b]

I live in Pennsylvania so we have management units and the Pennsylvania state game commission allocates a certain number of doe permits per unit. I shoot doe only simply because I've never seen a legal buck to shoot . . Good luck with your season may your bullets hit were you aim n your arrows fly true n straight .

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

We also hunt PA (along with Ohio) and in PA two of us also haven’t shot a legal buck but we kill does every year. It’s gotten a lot better since they implemented antler restrictions and better managed the doe population, but it is the PRIME case study for why you need to balance the buck to doe ratio. The problem there is more the % of buck kills. Before antler restrictions something like 85% of the bucks were killed EVERY year because of the long season and the ability to use high powered rifles. With antler restrictions that has changed, but still I would suspect that 85-90% of the legal bucks are killed every season.

[@88kaa65]

Good video, Good advice. But Not in MN northwoods. Alot of Buck only up here. Winter kill, wolves, coyote....

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Thanks! I am guessing you also don’t have a lot of these problems either then?

[@Fishinwithnate]

Thanks for the helpful tips . Great video ❤❤

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Sure thing! Thanks for the comment!

[@yooperrd651]

couldn't agree more, the exception is here we have heavy winter kills !!!!

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Always have to right size it to your environment!

[@carlparks8698]

They tried this around year 2000, found out shooting to many does, their population was almost nonexistent. Choose wisely.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

I never said shoot all your does, that would be dumb. It’s call balance

[@Jerry-xi3zq]

@@WeekendWoodsmen try to tell that to Pennsylvania game commission all they care about is money money money money money the more doe license they sell the more money

[@jackyhallmark3094]

They who ?

[@jackyhallmark3094]

In Oklahoma we have a highly sought after, intensely managed, traditional archery hunting area that is on a draw out system. These are three day hunts so your time is limited. This area is known for producing huge bucks. Remember these hunts are for three days only and most hunters put in for this area in hopes of killing one of the huge bucks the area is known for. Knowing this the manager throws a little something extra at you. During the orientation before the hunt the property manager will tell you that if you kill a doe first you will automatically be drawn out the following year. This is just another part of their intense management plan.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

When you said “will automatically get drawn out” does that mean they would be drawn to hunt it again next year?

[@kellycollins3752]

This is just my opinion that bucks max out at 5 .5 years some could go up to 7.5 years and after that it’s all down hill. That’s been my experience.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

That’s how it should work! Thanks for the comment!

[@thebadboo4875]

Too many does causing subpar bucks is true but not just because of extra or late rutting activity by bucks. The rutting buck will recover (excepting very hard winters or poor spring greenup). It is late born bucks you are seeing in year 2 and on that are subpar. The real reason is generational habitat degradation by too many deer. A buck expresses his full potential ONLY if he has high quality nutrition, his mother has high quality nutrition, and even his grandmother. Late bred does means late born fawns (think July, August, even early Sept.). Protein levels and availability of food has and will continue to decline in fall for the (soon to be) lactating mother before birth and the fawn after. This stunts the fawn forever. In northern climes if, during warmer winters, you are seeing small yearlings in the spring and very small, even newly spotted, fawns past August, you have a late breeding problem with too many does, and those late born fawns, bucks and does, will be stunted. It is a vicious cycle with degrading habitat, less nutritious invasives expanding, and poor fat reserves. A series of hard winters will kill the smaller, late born deer. But the habitat will take much longer to recover from too many mouths. I wrote a much longer article on this if you want it.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

I love the addition perspective, great point! Thanks for sharing!

[@Sean-jd9rp]

My state is ass backwards. (Massachusetts) we get two buck tags and a doe tag is a lottery system. It's rumored the insurance ompanies own the state and they just care about keeping breeding down opposed to healthy deer herds

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

That’s strange, do you have high or low population? Sometimes DNRs will reduce doe harvest when populations are down.

[@Sean-jd9rp]

@WeekendWoodsmen it depends on the woods. Almost no matter where you hunt here the buck to doe ratio is way off. Way to much doe, way to little bucks. This state does absolutely nothing to control a healthy deer population. They take our money from license and only spend it on stocking pheasants. Literally nothing is ever done for deer management.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

@@Sean-jd9rp that’s very unfortunate. Sorry to hear it. We are fortunate that our DNR does a really nice job

[@jandblawncare8570]

Where I hunt which is all farmland in very rural NWPA I bet I see 15-20 or more doe for every 1 buck. Im not sure what a good ratio is but one thing I wish these Farmers would do is stop gut shooting deer just to kill them. I get the whole eating crops but I was at a different farm cutting a load of fire wood and he said his neighbor farm shoots 40-50 deer every year and the guy just gut shoots them and leaves them.

[@Hammerback0]

I operate on Kips policy over on the Red Arrow KZbin channel.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Haven’t seen that one yet. What’s their perspective?

[@quincyn19]

Also known as herd management right? Way of the Hunter (hunting video game) teaches you a lot

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Correct!

[@craigkowalczyk3516]

While this info applies to most states it certainly does not to Massachusetts. From the Connecticut river west the deer herd sucks. The state fish and game issues way to many doe permits and the herd suffers. Unfortunately all they care about is the revenue for the doe permits not the actual health and population of the deer. I apply for a doe permit each year but never fill it even if I am selected. The over abundance of black bear bobcat and coyote do enough damage on the deer herd. My two cents.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Makes sense. Doesn’t sound like what you describe is the same situation that I described as some of the main indicators in this video. Thanks for the comment!

[@kennethnewton1070]

The ideal ratio, doe's the Buck's is 1 to 1. This promotes fighting among the Bucks during rut, only the strongest have opportunities. It also promotes fighting among the doves as well.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Very difficult to achieve but I do know there’s only one way to achieve it 😉 thanks for the comment!

[@wolvesnight]

Truth is bucks can travel up to 5 miles to find a ready doe during the rut,.. only to return back to his normal range where he was born. Does r a great magnet,. Better than any lure you can mustsrd up....take a doe and then wait for the rut for that buck that is truly out of his own comfort zone..

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

That buck only travels that far if he can’t find a receptive doe, so that’s exactly why doe management is so critical, thanks for the sharing perspective in supporting the point!

[@peterchabot8460]

You're right a buck doesn't need to run around cause he hanging with 4 of them all the time .That's alot of eyes.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

And if they all come it at one time he can’t breed them all he’s going to pick one and seclude it from the rest of the herd.

[@jtrapier]

Your point on peaking early due to recovery vs antler growth after the rut makes no sense. Antlers are done growing when the velvet comes off, and don't start again until after the deer have had a few months to recover.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

You are missing the point then. The deer are strained and run down long into December and they go into the dead of winter being run down when food is most scarce which is from December to Spring Green up, so if you bucks get run down there just isn’t enough food to allow them to fully recover and ALL of it goes to building the body back up and antler growth is impacted as a result because antler growth starts in spring, so some of them might not have all their body mass back until late spring. Not to mention that’s a whole extra month of running around that can lead to injuries that makes it even harder to recover.

[@Jerry-xi3zq]

Here in Pennsylvania in 4A and 2C every Hunter who buys a license can get 6 doe tags between that and the bears and the coyotes and the bobcats and the Amish what you know they don't let nothing go past our number of Does is very very low

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Sounds like you don’t have this problem and need to be more careful about shooting does! We hunt 1B and there are a TON of does.

[@Jerry-xi3zq]

@@WeekendWoodsmen we do try to watch we only kill what we need for meat but with the Pennsylvania game commission handing out 6-doe license power Hunter all they care about is money money money money

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

It’s kind of crazy because the restrict 1B doe tags dramatically and there seems to be SO many does there. Then we look at the number of doe tags in other places, it does make me scratch my head.

[@Jerry-xi3zq]

@@WeekendWoodsmen it's all about politics if you don't think politics and The game commission don't have nothing to do with each other you better think again

[@lionhearted02]

My problem is in the deep south we see too many does being shot . I think that the need to narrow the doe/ buck ratio is a fallacy perpetuated by short sighted and bad biologist. I have been deer hunting since my state did not allow antlerless deer to be taken. I kept records and we killed more mature bucks back then than the same property is yielding now with all the antlerless harvesting that is now being taken advantage of! And at that time we were running Dogs on this 750 acre tract!! there is a place for doe harvest but I think too many property owners and clubs are over dooing it year after year.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

You can certainly over do it. Running dogs might have been a key factor to increased mature buck harvest too if you are driving with dogs. Our state doesn’t allow the use of dogs.

[@jeddiajones4570]

All people who look down their nose at shooting does are only showing there absolute ignorance. All game managers and wildlife biologists know the deer herd is the healthiest when the buck-to-doe ratio is about even. Because the herd in Vermont has become so unbalanced, do to the aforementioned ignorance and low hunter participation, we get four deer a year, but only one may be a buck. I always shoot an antlerless deer or two for the freezer while holding out for a wallhanger for my buck tag. I'm not buying the early maturing theory without some seriously hard data. Side question; weren't you one of Grant's interns?

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

I take your approach also! I am not one of Grant’s interns. We appreciate the comment!

[@lilfairycupcake]

#4 doe meat is much more tender, 'especially 1st yr', than some beat up, tough, old buck meat.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

True! Thanks for the comment!

[@mrpush2532]

How about the opposite theory....with lots of does on property that won't hold many bucks, the bucks will come looking for the does in areas they are plentiful.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

That’s where the balance comes in, because if they run into 10 receptive does on their way then you still never see that buck and you run into a lot of these problems.

[@JohnDoe-uu3ev]

It makes sense on private property but doesn't word on public game lands.Try hunting game lands in Pennsylvania. You will get to stare at a lot of tree's.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

That would be an example where it doesn’t make sense to shoot does because as stated you aren’t seeing a ton of does.

[@SFROutdoors]

How does this apply to herd management? The biggest argument I hear for letting does walk is that for every doe you kill you are also killing the future generation of deer on that property???

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

That’s what prevents people from shooting does, but if you already have a lot of deer and a lot of does for every buck, then it actually hurts the herd by not shooting does. If you have a good balance then you don’t have to kill as many, but you want to try to keep the balance and unchecked does is not good in the long run!

[@clay8222]

I kill about 3 does to 1 buck on my property. Used to I never shot does. Since starting to take them I have noticed buck activity picking up. They haven’t gotten much larger which is mostly genetic near me, but we see more buck more frequently during November. I agree with you.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Same result we have found. Thanks for the comment!

[@AbelGuerra-xz3pc]

Unfortunately if you hunt public lands like I do the vast majority of them do not allow the harvesting of does and you will naturally have a unhealthy population of deer it’s really bad here in Florida where only a few areas only let you take does not everyone that hunt leases or private lands don’t shoot them either

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

PA is a draw for Doe state near us - not a fan!

[@BluePiggy97]

Meat in the freezer, big bucks are a bonus

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Yup, and one helps the chances of the other in many cases!

[@kellycollins3752]

Does taste better than bucks. It is what it is.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Yup!

[@davidpaglia1326]

Doe hunting destroyed once great deer hunting in the Pa. "Big Woods"

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

We hunt NW PA near Jumbo and the herd is much better balanced now that it was 20 years ago. They literally killed 80% of the bucks every year. Antler restrictions and better doe management has made it so you actually have a chance to see a mature buck now.

[@davidpaglia1326]

@@WeekendWoodsmen Buchanon state forest, Boone mt. elk co., Coopers gap Mifflin co. have been decimated. Back in the 80/s the first hour and a half of opening day sounded like D-Day and it was buck only. Now you listen to drives and not one shot and its either sex.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

They must have misallocated doe tags. Whats your antler restriction there?

[@davidpaglia1326]

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[@WeekendWoodsmen]

We are “3 up” which doesn’t include the brow so it’s more restrictive than most the rest of the state

[@johnfuller6870]

Do you wanna tip on deer management pick up coyote hunting

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

@@johnfuller6870 that’s true!

[@robertlawson6933]

Health Deer

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

👊

[@ejkelley2364]

its a tag, getting a buck tag in Colorado can take three years easily, that is if your a resident.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

That’s one way to manage the herd. I didn’t realize that out there, thanks for sharing!

[@EHM0341]

Bow season is Doe season. Gun season is Buck season. If you want to fill your tags and freezer.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Our rut falls during bow season too, but I like the way you think!

[@dan2496]

The best buck attractant is live does. The more does on ones property the longer the bucks will stick around. This is the best way to keep bucks on ones property during season and I believe the best way to let bucks mature also from not wandering off and getting shot on an adjacent property.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Obviously our experience has been different because as soon as a doe gets hot and a buck finds them they will actually go away from the rest of the deer to not be bothered, so then they have easy access to find a doe quickly they secluded themselves away from “all the does you have on your property” and then when they are done with that doe they find another receptive doe in 2 seconds and seclude themselves again, so your buck movement drops to next to nothing during peak estrous because they can all easily find does and move to places you would never dream of hunting or even have access to.

[@markedwards768]

This is the ignorance of thinking like a man, not like a deer.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

@@markedwards768Say more, curious what your perspective is because there are two very different comments here. Thanks!

[@JeremyJohnson-y2j]

Two Buck tags and 4 doe tags this year we take the meat 🍖

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

💪🏼 good luck this year!

[@nategremore9162]

I noticed that your arborist has pruned your orchard just above a deers head !? NOT!

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

It's just above my head on the lawn mower!

[@behindenemylines3361]

It looks all the same in the frying pan.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Yes it does!

[@Nomad_Sight]

Just got my first deer with a recurve bow. Nice fat doe!

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Congratulations!

[@richardjones4228]

Does eat better

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

💯 you are right I misspoke, they taste BETTER!

[@handlesaredumb1]

If you're a hunter, then you're shooting doe. If you're a trophy sportsman, then you're just poaching anyway.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Ouch! 🤣

[@dwayne85261]

😅😅😅😅

[@jameskrow3064]

Your a idiot

[@daveburbridge9807]

We eat the trophy bucks we are Not poachers. Dumb remark

[@handlesaredumb1]

@daveburbridge9807 The point is you're not hunting for meat, you're hunting for a trophy that just so happens to have meat attached. I have several trophy hunting coworkers who cry at the end of every season because their freezers are empty, but they've got big antlers on their wall while they ask me for meat. One coworker doesn't even eat it, he gives it away because all he wants is the rack. So yes, basically poaching.

[@markbriggs9089]

Don’t take doe with young with them, they need to train the babes to browse and not starve in winter.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

By the time season comes in fawns are fully ready to be on their own. The state even encourages early season doe harvest

[@v71-v9n]

@@WeekendWoodsmendepends on what state your in.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

@@v71-v9n ​​⁠I feel like the DNR should know when they are ready and make deer season (or doe season) correlate

[@v71-v9n]

@@WeekendWoodsmen in south ms fawns are born in august when bow season opens in October the fawns are just starting to follow their mothers around. When rifle season opens the fawns are just losing their spots. They still need to suckle til December.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

@v71-v9n very interesting that makes sense! Our DNR always says don’t shoot deer with spots, but none ever have spots come season open in late Sept in Ohio.

[@DavidHopson-uv4bd]

I hunt for meat so I'm not one of them

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Great!

[@DavidVance-p8z]

I'm sorry but I got to disagree with you I have found that if there's a lot of those there'll be a lot of bachelor books that come looking at them those and checking them to all throughout season read lots of those until the posters came posters came killed everything that they found now we can't even see a buck for the last 2 years when before we were seeing 8 or 10 a day so I said leave it there was a long to a certain extent but you can take the a break on killing so many remember you got no doors you got no babies

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

I don’t think we are as far apart as you are thinking. Sounds like you dealt with an extreme where someone came in and killed all the does. I am in no way saying “kill every doe” I am talking to people to refuse to shoot any does and that mindset will eventually lead to having way too many does and many negative consequences as mentioned in the video. If you don’t have many does then please don’t go killing the 1 doe you have on the property! What I am saying is if you have a ton of does, then when you kill some, it will make space for other deer without losing the drawing power of cruising bucks because those bucks are checking where they know does WERE early season not so much where does actively ARE. So even if you kill a few early you still have that drawing power AND the added benefit of when that buck starts cruising he doesn’t find 5 receptive does LONG before he ever makes it to your property. Also you might find that bucks start LIVING on your property when you make space and you don’t have to rely so much on cruisers for success. Does that help?

[@DavidVance-p8z]

@@WeekendWoodsmen sure does it helps your argument and mine a little bit but I took care of this 500 acres for 30 years to get that like that to where we had different dog groups and they killed a few here and there but the pictures they come in and hold them out everything didn't matter even if they wasn't big enough is a dog and now we have a few days but they go over to the neighbor's property and and they get shot there so you don't understand what I'm saying all I know is I don't have another 30 years in me to do that again but I wish you the best of luck and everything you do and I hope you get a big one this year it's getting so I'm too old to hunt anymore I think my only help in the woods died last year 2 days from today it'll be a year so this old man don't have too many people to help him out of the woods no more with their so my dear husband's done so y'all take it over and do the best you can I guess I hope and think about the old man that don't get to hunt no more who hunted when there wasn't Annie dear and we only had 3 days to hunt and it was a buck only season for 5 or 6 years when I wasbut as long as you see where I'm coming from and I see where you're coming from I think everything will be all right

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Appreciate your comments and good luck to you too when you get out there!

[@keithdavis4683]

More does more buck rut you will see so i don't agree

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

That’s the exact opposite of what ends up happening if they don’t have to travel to find receptive does then you won’t see bucks

[@StevenRAssmann-tb7ty]

I find we don’t have enough Bucks, we need more does to produce bucks, the fewer does the fewer bucks will be born. Don’t shoot the does!

[@yourmomma2995]

BS, there is NO better big buck attractant on the entire planet than live sexy does.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

I never said there wasn’t, I think you are missing the point. I never said kill ALL your does. It’s about finding the right balance so bucks need to actually search for does and most can get bred in the first estrous cycle.

[@rudygeorgiamulesandcountry1594]

Bovine Excrement t !

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Why do you feel that way? Say more please. Thanks!

[@stephenjackman6163]

All just supposition, no disrespect but you are young.

[@WeekendWoodsmen]

Go listen to Dr. Grant Woods or read up on QDMA. They all have doe harvest as a key part of any management plan.