No matter how many times I tell myself I am going to shoot a doe today I seem to talk myself out of it. Killed one with bow and need meat but I have lost the need for blood in my truck!!! Anybody else??

I only shoot one when it's convenient. Early in the day and where I can pull the fourwheeler close to it.

Has been 3 or 4 years since I shot one and I used to kill 10 or so most years. Now it just seems like a lot of work.

why
the taste better then a buck but meat is meat

I hate having to drag one a long way but I still shoot several a year and say why did I shoot her back here.

I usually shootem when I have a guest so they can help.

We've stopped shooting does. We prefer to actually see deer most hunts vs decimating our herd. We have a low population to start with.

I don't shoot many, and I just never kill one with a gun. For me it's because nobody else in the house eats deer, so I don't ever have one processed (I give them all away, or donate it to the Helping the Hungry program). It's just a "cost vs benefit" analysis for me... isn't enough fun to justify the work. I've killed does before in the evenings and tried for hours to find someone who'd take her.

Then also for me, I'm mostly hunting on two places now: One of which doesn't allow doe harvest, and the other place is has a low density, so I choose not to kill them there. I'm just sorta "horn huntin".

I have so many hunts where I don't see any deer that when I actually see something I have a dilemma. I really want to shoot because I hunt so hard without seeing many deer but I feel guilty if I shoot a doe because I'm just adding to my first problem.

Does anyone know an estimate of how big an effect killing one doe has on the population in 5 years? I bet it's close to 15 less deer and keeps growing exponentially.

I'm not against shooting does but the places I hunt (mostly public land) there seems to be a low population.

Have killed 5 so far and may kill 20 more. Just depends on what the properties need. Much rather have doe meat in the freezer for sure.

When my wife isnt pregnant(we have a 15 month old and another due in march) I have no problem filling the freezer. She hunts to kill.

Have not hunted any properties in a long time that needed does harvested for management purposes so it has been a long time since I have shot a doe. The few we are allowed to shoot I leave to my members that need the meat more.....

Barry, are you still in charge of the BHA hunts at oak mountain?

I have been trying to kill 3-4 for the freezer since season opened and have only seen one I could get a shot at all I have seen is small bucks go figure you would think killing a couple does would be a lot easier in a place that is overpopulated.

Nope .

X2.

I've killed 4 and just getting started. I don't have a problem killing them except the fact that I can longer kill two a day. That hurts.

Yup, when I'm in the mood, I'd just soon deal with two as one.

Our doe population is pretty level this year and I am a firm believer in waiting for something to join her in the field. Also, we typically take two weekends out of the year and run down to the farm in andalusia for all the meat we could ever need.

I usually shoot one but been telling myself I was going to buck hunt this year. I haven't ruled it out. One thing is no one much in family likes the meat but me and my daughter. But I've got a hankering for some deer jerky. Next one I kill I'm saving the back straps and making jerky out of the rest. Both kids and I love the jerky. It's just a lot of work and kind of expensive to make with the cost of the marinades.