Ive got some old nannies. We quit killing does several years ago and just feed alot more. Talked some closeby neighbors into sparing the does and eating young bucks. It has made a difference. I probably have pictures of 20 1yr old bucks. No way it could hurt anything to kill a couple of them. Them big does will be three deer next year, 7-8 deer year after next, 15+ that next year. I understand some people think they have too many. And i understand the best remedy for that is killing a few does. We had the opposite problem. It has taken us 5yrs i guess to get it where deer hunting is a pleasure around here. I had 18 in the field at dark yesterday. I expect there to be a few days of 20+. We see more bucks than we ever have. Not like they show it on tv by a long shot but its alot better than it used to be. Thats because of two things 1)dont kill does 2)plant as much and put out as much feed as we can afford to.
Same exact approach we have taken. It works.
I dont want to be misunderstood. Lee and tiffany would laugh at what we have going on. Alot of yall have much better places to hunt. Im just saying, if you want to see more deer, put out more feed and quit killing the baby makers.
This is true to a certain extent. We had all but stopped shooting does on our place for the past 5 years. Also most of our neighbors have quit hunting so they aren’t killing any either. We now have a bunch of old mean blowing does everywhere. According to the cameras they run every buck that shows up at the feeders and plots off. We decided it’s time to try to get rid of some of them older does. That’s not an easy task. Those older does are smart
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.
