toddyboman Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 Just saw something on tv stating that they shot "X" number of does for every 1 buck. Do any of you guys do such a thing. If so how many does do you shot per buck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 Since our buck:doe ratio is pretty unbalenced we try to take two does for every one buck...most of the time though we just end up with two does:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 I take 4 doe for every buck...and Im losing ground!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 We shoot every doe we can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 It all depends on the area you are in and on what the numbers there are. We tried to shoot a doe for every buck here, but afraid with the liberal limits, too many does are being whacked around us and the overall herd has taken a pretty big hit, just not seeing the numbers of deer we used to see. Last year we did not take any does, this year may be the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted July 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 I take 4 doe for every buck...and Im losing ground!! ME TOO! I need to shoot more does. It all depends on the area you are in and on what the numbers there are. We tried to shoot a doe for every buck here, but afraid with the liberal limits, too many does are being whacked around us and the overall herd has taken a pretty big hit, just not seeing the numbers of deer we used to see. Last year we did not take any does, this year may be the same. Good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem308 Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 We need to take more does than we already do. What is aggrevating is when members of our group shoot very young does and when they roll them over, they turn out to be button bucks. But, until everyone in our group agrees on how we're going to manage (or even if we are) the deer, it's just something we have to face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 What is aggravating is when members of our group shoot very young does and when they roll them over, they turn out to be button bucks.Good binoculars and taking your time can prevent 90% of that. Also remember that a doe with twins will almost always have 1 buck and 1 doe fawn, so watch out for that. And buck fawns usually like to walk in front of mom and sis. We try to shoot at least twice as many does as bucks. Could probably benefit from killing more, but no one wants to mess with processing that many deer in one season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Good binoculars and taking your time can prevent 90% of that. Also remember that a doe with twins will almost always have 1 buck and 1 doe fawn, so watch out for that. And buck fawns usually like to walk in front of mom and sis. Buttons tend to wander by themselves too. If I see an apparent doe alone, my first assumption is button buck, and I study that deer for a long time before shooting it. I shot a very small button last year that was tagging along with mom. I was pretty shocked to see it was a button when I rolled it over. Lesson learned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 I average 4 does to 2 bucks. But that's just because anything more would be considered illegal according to our state's regulations.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 on one of our ranches that is 13000 acres we alow 1 140+ buck and the hunter has too harvest there limit of does that are legal. Also we have 75 DMAP tags that have to be filled. There are 10 hunters on the ranch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 i'm bad--haven't shot a doe in 10 years---missed one two years ago with my bow though. Believe it or not I'm not in a heavily deer populated area and my balance is really good. I let the neighbors take the does--I'm addicted to horns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mach1 Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Try to take 2 does per 1 buck, but sometimes it's all does and no bucks if we don't get an opportunity at a good buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 on the wma i work on , we want to take 1 doe for every buck taken... the other is less than that, but as the #'s grow, that can change. A good way to help determine if it's a button or a doe from a far is the does have rounded heads and the buttons are flat...it still doesn't take the place of getting it in as close as you can before you shoot, but if more folks knew this , it would help with the # of buttons taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 We fill every tag we can get our hands on...legally of course:D. In NYS you are allowed to transfer doe(Deer management tags) to another hunter. One can only have 2 transferred tags plus his own tags. But yes we shoot every doe we get a tag for. I like to take the young ones during the gun season, mature ones with the bow and any tags left over are valid for muzzleloading season . Thats the time when real management decisions are made by taking pregnant does. Shoot them does! Ya can't eat horns! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 On our management farm we usually shoot about 4-6 mature bucks a year. and then every year on the last day of gun season we do a big drive and shoot about 12-18 does. We dont plan out how many does we shoot in comparison to bucks but we make sure to shoot a lot more does than bucks. Just to make sure that things dont get too out of hand. On my home farm we have the time to keep track of all the deer and so forth and so every time we take a buck we make sure to shoot 2 mature does. And we are pretty strict on making sure they are old gals and not fawns or nub bucks. but as far as your question goes, we try to shoot 2-4 does for every buck killed. -shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 I hunt on 120 acres and between the three of us hunting we killed 2 bucks and 19 doe. I think we're gaining ground on em now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 My goal each year is to harvest 3 does and 2 bucks. I rarely get 2 bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 I try to take any deer I can get w/ my traditional archery tackle just to gain experience, but will occasionally hold off on does if hunting w/ a rifle. It all depends on if I know I can easily get a buck. Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidd Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 every doe i am allowed big doe numbers in my area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierbuck Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 I am with you, kidd. I shoot lots of does. We eat good around here. HB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildthing Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 I shoot what my state game laws allow me to shoot....which is 1 bucks and at least 2 doe (with purchases of tags). Additional doe tags can be purchased at the court houses. I am sure game laws are obviously different in different states, but in PA...you can't just freely blast does to correct your buck/doe ratio on your land...unless doing it illegally and not within the gaming laws. The only exception, that I know of, is if you are a farmer for a living. Even still, you have to have your farm in a "red tag" crop/land management program with the state...and the state sends the farmer a certain number of tags to provide to hunters...the harvest still has to be tagged and reported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierbuck Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 In Indiana, you can buy two archery tags (either sex), one firearms tag (buck only), one muzzleloader tag (either sex), unlimited bonus antlerless tags, and special tags for military installations and refuges, etc., and 4 urban zone tags. You can only kill one buck per year, or two, if one is in an urban zone. Each county has a bonus limit of how many you can use in that county. Add that up, carry the 2, divide by the number of days mama lets me hunt, and you will see I can legally kill more deer than I can shake a stick at (since I hunt 4 counties and one of them has a bonus quota of 8, btw.). HB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbux Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Blue tongue hit my area pretty hard last year so does are off limits until the population gets back to what it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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