the guys I hunt with now we have a standing agreement we will not shoot a doe before rifle season. then its game on. I should say though that we are meat hunters first and antler hunters second.
not saying this should be done everywhere it just seems to work on the land we are hunting. if we leave the does alone we tend to see more bucks during the rut. there is no rule against shooting a doe we just wait to see what shows up. if we shoot does early in the season we dont see much later during the rut. dont get me wrong every one of use would love to have a wall hanger but we are not strictly horn hunters. if a doe shows up on youth weekend we let the kids take one if we are bow hunting and only seeing does we might shoot one. but on our little piece of land the does seem to bring in the bucks and each property being different you have to do what works for you.So you let half the season pass before doing what you do first?
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