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If the rut is done where you hunt #3022376
01/24/20 03:09 PM
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Are you killing does any more, or just bucks? Wondering what others' opinion is on that.
Are you even hunting any longer?

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Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3022380
01/24/20 03:12 PM
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Nope. Done hunting. Unless my kids ask to go I’m done. Ill let them shoot a doe if they want to


Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!!
My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty
I'm the paterfamilias
Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3022398
01/24/20 03:32 PM
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I can count on traffic to thin our does.
I live on a rural county road but the 1/2 mile stretch by my house is the only straightaway for miles.
Everyone thinks they are required to go 70 mph when they hit the straight.


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Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3022406
01/24/20 03:42 PM
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Ruts been over for a month on our place. We have low hunter number so we have a hard time killing enough does to keep the population in check. So we keep shooting.

Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3022410
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I don’t shoot does this time of year, we don’t have many where I hunt anyway. If I shoot one it’s early in the season or if I get invited to someone’s place and they want some killed.



Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3022412
01/24/20 03:51 PM
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Ruts not over where I hunt. But I’ve already killed a big buck. I just don’t have the same drive to “hunt hard” I’m going to camp this weekend, but I’m really just going to hang out. I’ll probably do most of the cooking and what not this weekend and just hunt close to the camp and let the other guys go wherever they want. I really want my dad to kill a buck. He has never killed one. He’s only been hunting for 5 years.

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Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3022413
01/24/20 03:54 PM
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Doesn’t matter if you shoot them before they are bred or after, they aint having babies

Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3022416
01/24/20 03:58 PM
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Can't kill does here after december...wish thed change it to after October 😃


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Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: lefthorn] #3022434
01/24/20 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by lefthorn
Doesn’t matter if you shoot them before they are bred or after, they aint having babies


We cut doe killing off before the rut kicks in. I agreed that either way they won't be reproducing but why let a buck run hisself down breeding her to kill her later. Been doing it that way 20 years


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Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3022440
01/24/20 04:24 PM
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Killed a decent 8 before christmas and got 2 does for the freezer. So unless it's going on the wall or the kids want to take their first deer I will be just watching and seeing what's left for next season. Plus doing some scouting for some long beards on a buddy's place.


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Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3022446
01/24/20 04:28 PM
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If I shoot any does it will be late in the season. 1, I do not like shooting does with small fawns. 2 I like to keep pressure down so that bucks will use the greenfields, shooting does early in the season hurts. If you are watching does in the early season, the bucks will be there when the rut kicks in. 3 I will try to fill freezer with bucks, usually that is not a problem. If its near the end of season and I still need some meat, I might shoot one.

Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: top cat] #3024956
01/27/20 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by top cat
Originally Posted by lefthorn
Doesn’t matter if you shoot them before they are bred or after, they aint having babies


We cut doe killing off before the rut kicks in. I agreed that either way they won't be reproducing but why let a buck run hisself down breeding her to kill her later. Been doing it that way 20 years


This is a good point I had not thought of before I read your comment. I was strictly thiking about 'why kill a doe if she's bred and eliminate good fawn recruitment?'

Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3024965
01/27/20 04:33 PM
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Definitely an angle I have never thought of

Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3024985
01/27/20 04:54 PM
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I kill em whenever I want to. No thought needed any further than that


Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!!
My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty
I'm the paterfamilias
Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3024992
01/27/20 05:04 PM
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My club is in Coosa County. First. Year hunting Coosa. Since I was little,. Back then
We did man drives on old Kimberly Clark land. My club has killed a good many rack bucks
this season. Started off really slow. Don't think no one even saw a rack buck to after Jan 1st.
From the 5th of January till. Jan23, was really good. Nearly
20 Rack bucks have been taken.. My question is does the rut in Coosa get better into February
Or is it about done.. The scrapes have not been freshened
Much lately..

Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 257wbymag] #3024997
01/27/20 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by 257wbymag
I kill em whenever I want to. No thought needed any further than that

Lol I like that

Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3025140
01/27/20 08:01 PM
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Nope. No season for does here now. Just two 10 day or so seasons all year, Zone C.

None of us shoot them. We remember 15 years ago when you could hardly buy a deer sighting. We have a low deer density but real good genetics and a balanced herd. We see as many bucks as does for sure.

My buddies like to go south this time of year. One of my neighboring land owners that we hunt together just shot a stud in South Bama. It is on down there, dead up here.

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Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 257wbymag] #3025245
01/27/20 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 257wbymag
I kill em whenever I want to. No thought needed any further than that



Same. If I want to shoot something, I shoot.

I don't shoot them now where I hunt, though, because we don't have many.


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Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3025324
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Right behind you
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Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew! All season. Doesn’t matter if they’ve been bred or not. It’s easier if done earlier. I generally encourage for killing take place as early as possible. It can reduce stress on bucks in the rut.

Re: If the rut is done where you hunt [Re: 40Bucks] #3025337
01/27/20 10:19 PM
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Been over almost a month and I need some meat for jerky so going to shoot a doe since the bucks didn’t cooperate. We eat about 3 deer a year so if I don’t kill any or just 1 buck I will shoot a doe or two late season.

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