Originally Posted By: jlccoffee
Originally Posted By: 2Dogs
If you had yo mind made up,why'd you ask? Looks like several of us are believers^^^, that is if ya wanta get mature bucks out there. I 'll tell you for sure , up in the hardwood moutains, you hunt a plot alot and bang every doe sticks it's head out, won't be long you won't see many does and you can forget bout seeing a mature buck with any regularity. That's a fact Jack.


I too have shot a deer in a plot several times when the other deer in the plot never left, or left and came right back out. I think if you hunt a plot like you describe, it won't be long until you won't see any does on the plot because you shot them.
My son and I used to shoot a lot of does in our big plot, several times we'd shoot one and I drag it up to the shootin' house then 15 min later shoot another one. There's 50 shell casings in there over 7 years, that's 40-45 does,3 bucks and a couple yotes. Bout 2 years ago I made the call to not shoot a doe after 1st week of gun season on the big plots. 2 of those bucks were shot this year, both mature deer. I think pressure, blooding the place, leaving scent, talking will effect them. Also deer that are used to more open land probably more likely to tolerate more around a plot/field. A plot surrounded by hundreds to thousands of acres of thick timber,is different. Even though I killed a dandy out of a plot this year, I know my best chance to kill one in the future is not on our plots.


"Why do you ask"?

Too many people spend money they don't have , on things they don't need, to impress people they don't know.