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Re: Too many does, not enough bucks
[Re: Frankie]
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12/04/22 04:08 PM
12/04/22 04:08 PM
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Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 8,295 Right behind you
Mbrock
Fancy
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Fancy
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Right behind you
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Matt , lol funny all the talk , all the study and research and it alllllll come's down to trigger control Or lack thereof in some cases too. š
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Re: Too many does, not enough bucks
[Re: Mbrock]
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12/04/22 04:30 PM
12/04/22 04:30 PM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 22,062 Awbarn, AL
CNC
Dances With Weeds
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Dances With Weeds
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 22,062
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Meanwhile the overall population across the state continues to decline.....Keep on shooting them though....nothing to see here. You have data to back that up? What areas? The whole state? Just in your area? That is a very broad statement and entirely inaccurate. Deer populations continue to grow in large areas of the state.
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Too many does, not enough bucks
[Re: Nightwatchman]
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12/04/22 05:33 PM
12/04/22 05:33 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 16,115 Elmore County
Frankie
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Apr 2000
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Elmore County
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Serious question:
How do you know how many deer you have on your property?
Always wondered that
Sometimes I sit out there all day and see 10 deer. Sometimes I go out there and see 0
I hunted every day from 11/17-11/26 on 3 different properties
Thigpen Hill SOA, some forever wild property in Dallas county, and my grandfathers property on the Dallas-Perry county line
I never saw a single deer. Neither did my guest I brought with me. He hunted with me on all 3 properties
Are we bad hunters? Maybe...but eventually I wouldāve thought one would at least kinda wander by
What yāall make of that? I don't know , there's a 30ac spot next to ours that I hunted for 30 years and I never killed a deer on it or coming off it . 200 yards away I've killed trucks loads .
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Re: Too many does, not enough bucks
[Re: Frankie]
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12/04/22 05:37 PM
12/04/22 05:37 PM
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Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 1,547 Tuscaloosa, AL
Nightwatchman
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 1,547
Tuscaloosa, AL
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Serious question:
How do you know how many deer you have on your property?
Always wondered that
Sometimes I sit out there all day and see 10 deer. Sometimes I go out there and see 0
I hunted every day from 11/17-11/26 on 3 different properties
Thigpen Hill SOA, some forever wild property in Dallas county, and my grandfathers property on the Dallas-Perry county line
I never saw a single deer. Neither did my guest I brought with me. He hunted with me on all 3 properties
Are we bad hunters? Maybe...but eventually I wouldāve thought one would at least kinda wander by
What yāall make of that? I don't know , there's a 30ac spot next to ours that I hunted for 30 years and I never killed a deer on it or coming off it . 200 yards away I've killed trucks loads . I just did what Iāve always done. Tried to hunt acorns dropping close to thick cover. Hell it aināt rocket science to get some kind of deer in front of you and I couldnāt manage to do it in almost 9 days on 3 different properties in the black belt Donāt get it at all
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Re: Too many does, not enough bucks
[Re: jwalker77]
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12/04/22 05:48 PM
12/04/22 05:48 PM
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Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 5,221 Your Lock-on
Whild_Bill
Crawfishing Asshat
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Crawfishing Asshat
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Managing deer and not killing does lolš now thatās funny
We Just Know What Works For Us
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Re: Too many does, not enough bucks
[Re: Frankie]
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12/04/22 05:56 PM
12/04/22 05:56 PM
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Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 1,547 Tuscaloosa, AL
Nightwatchman
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Nightwatchman,,,,, don't know what to say on that one . Me either brother. Donāt make no sense
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Re: Too many does, not enough bucks
[Re: Mbrock]
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12/04/22 05:59 PM
12/04/22 05:59 PM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 4,291 North AL
just_an_illusion
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10 point
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North AL
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Meanwhile the overall population across the state continues to decline.....Keep on shooting them though....nothing to see here. The TN valley certainly needed the limited doe harvest opportunities and they got it. You canāt have an unlimited antlerless bag limit an entire season length with most properties being 40-100 acres in open habitat. Thatās a recipe for disaster. Whole bunch of truth in that statement.
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Re: Too many does, not enough bucks
[Re: jwalker77]
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12/04/22 09:19 PM
12/04/22 09:19 PM
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Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 1,912 Madison
redgineer
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8 point
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Posts: 1,912
Madison
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I love shooting and eating does! I'd be happy to help you with your problem JWalker. I won't even charge a management consulting fee lol.
Edit: You could probably make a grand or so leasing doe hunting rights on your land. You just need to make sure they are disciplined hunters who won't shoot your bucks.
Last edited by redgineer; 12/04/22 09:29 PM.
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Re: Too many does, not enough bucks
[Re: Frankie]
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12/04/22 10:49 PM
12/04/22 10:49 PM
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Joined: May 2018
Posts: 3,290 Hoover,Al. StateChamps
Big Bore
10 point
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10 point
Joined: May 2018
Posts: 3,290
Hoover,Al. StateChamps
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Matt , lol funny all the talk , all the study and research and it alllllll come's down to trigger control Well said! Said before! Will be said again!
Hunting brings out the worst in people.
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Re: Too many does, not enough bucks
[Re: Whild_Bill]
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12/04/22 11:14 PM
12/04/22 11:14 PM
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Posts: 1,049 Alabama
oldbowhunter
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Alabama
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Managing deer and not killing does lolš now thatās funny Me and a buddy bow hunted 2 fields a couple weeks ago. Between us we saw 24 racked bucks and 25 does. Do you think we need to shoot every doe we see?
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Re: Too many does, not enough bucks
[Re: oldbowhunter]
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12/05/22 12:37 AM
12/05/22 12:37 AM
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Posts: 16,115 Elmore County
Frankie
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Managing deer and not killing does lolš now thatās funny Me and a buddy bow hunted 2 fields a couple weeks ago. Between us we saw 24 racked bucks and 25 does. Do you think we need to shoot every doe we see? Honestly there's no way we can answer that
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Re: Too many does, not enough bucks
[Re: jwalker77]
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12/05/22 09:16 PM
12/05/22 09:16 PM
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Posts: 2,283 Dale County, AL
DGAMBLER
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Posts: 2,283
Dale County, AL
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Heck I wish we could complain about too many does. We have the opposite problem with property being very buck heavy. I don't see us having much of a rut...gonna be fast and furious.
To GOD be All the glory!!!
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Re: Too many does, not enough bucks
[Re: DGAMBLER]
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12/05/22 09:53 PM
12/05/22 09:53 PM
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Posts: 4,504 george county ms
johndeere5036
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 4,504
george county ms
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Heck I wish we could complain about too many does. We have the opposite problem with property being very buck heavy. I don't see us having much of a rut...gonna be fast and furious. I had one piece of property that was like that. You better kill your bucks before the rut or it wasnāt gonna happen until they came back home and were back feeding again. Normally when the rut started kicking in all the bucks would leave for a few weeks and what didnāt get shot would come back home. I had another piece like that and it had some of the best rut action but it lasted about two or three days and it was over
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Re: Too many does, not enough bucks
[Re: jwalker77]
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12/05/22 10:47 PM
12/05/22 10:47 PM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 15,839 Montgomery
bamaeyedoc
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Posts: 15,839
Montgomery
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This is my first year on the 200 acres I leased. Trying to figure it out before I start shooting. In 3 sits Iāve seen 32 deer. 5 bucks but only 2 racks, both small. Rest does and yearlings. Iām gonna try and take 2 or 3 but being such a small tract, I hate to shoot and blow the place up. One reason Iām seeing a lot of deer is that pressure has historically been really low and Iām trying to keep it that way. I know the rut is screwed up on this place. I had a spotted fawn on camera on April 22nd.
AKA: āDr. Bā Aldeer #121 8-3-2000 Proud alum of AUM, UAB, and UA Member of Team 10 Point 2023-2024 ALdeer Deer Contest Winners
Glennis Jerome "Jerry" Harris 1938-2017 UGA Class of 1960 BS/MS Forestry LTJG, USNR
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