How long do they stay in heat? Last sunday, i shot a buck that may have just bred her. She would not leave. Still standing by him as i walked up checking to make sure he was dead. I take it another buck should just replace him and start chasing her? There's another good one up there close and i'm wondering if I should stay in that area (with a hot doe) or shift areas a little?

3 days

If youve got a hot doe in the area, that is the best place there is to be hunting, buck with her or not. She could attract several.

once upon a time I killed a 241#/7YO/9 point and a 252#/6YO/11point bucks in back to back days off the same split ear doe.....so you figure it out!!!

Well, she seemed REAL receptive sunday (when i killed the buck), so her window may have closed.

tomorrow, sat, will be too long for her. ALWAYS go back the next day or send someone later same day or next day.

I killed a 153" 10 point just after daylight one day after a fella saw him the day before with a hot doe. Killed him maybe 100 yards from where he was the day before. The doe usually won't move far and he will stay with her.

Yep my dad killed a good one chasing and told me to go back next day n killed good one that day

She may smell for awhile prior and after but only in heat 24h

"unbred females were in estrus longer (P = 0.01) than were females that were bred (X̄ ± SE; 2.3 ± 0.3 days versus 1.3 ± 0.2 days, respectively)"

Lisa M. White, Dennis A. Hosack, Robert J. Warren, Richard A. Fayrer-Hosken, Influence of Mating on Duration of Estrus in Captive White-Tailed Deer, Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 76, Issue 4, 4 December 1995, Pages 1159–1163, https://doi.org/10.2307/1382607

I've killed two bucks off the same doe almost exactly a year apart. She had a flop ear. Haven't seen her in 2 years though. That's the one doe I would not shoot. She was good to me.

same for me, I put that split ear doe off limits, called her Ethyl.

A hot doe is the equivalent of a hot woman walking into a bar shouting "DO ME" Not always, but sometimes a doe can be bred by more than one buck and have offspring with different sites the following summer.

Yep too late now but yes always go back as quickly and often as possible where you see a hot doe.

Lol

How can you tell if a doe is in heat if there's not a buck around? What are her actions like.

I've been wondering this too. Anybody got the answer?

most I've seen will walk around with their tail at half mast, twitching it.....much like a hot girl will.

^^^THIS^^^

Look at their tarsal glands. If they are dark could be another indicator.

Had a hot doe around yesterday evening with her tail stuck straight out and twitching it as she was walking around..

I know where I’d be for next 24-48hrs if I were you