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Originally posted by Dale Moser View PostHe could have bred 4 does, but you shot 3 of them in October....
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Originally posted by Hix View PostKillin is killin, October or January doesn’t matter.
You can’t change free genetics...
That does “top buck” genetic fawn will disperse elsewhere anyways most likely so the chance of killing it 5 years later is funny
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Originally posted by BowSlayer View PostYou seriously think there will be a shortage of does come rut time? I'm trying to wrap my head around this line of thought. He's only going to breed 1 or 2 regardless most of the time. We didn't want to shoot them so we shot does early. I'm not understanding why that's hard to understand. For the record, it makes me no difference. I've shot them in September and February. If you're trying to maximize your chance at growing big deer it only makes sense to shoot your does pre-rut. If you're just controlling numbers, it really doesn't matter.
Makes me no difference either. And I also don’t understand how you can’t see that all of the does are getting bred. Regardless of how many you shoot or when, they are not carrying big boy’s fawn. And I disagree that he’s only gonna breed 1 or 2, that’s not how it works.
They’re all getting bred, you have no idea by which buck, the dead ones will not throw a fawn. These are facts.
The argument could be made that having less does during the rut could lead to dominant bucks breeding the higher percentage. But the dominant buck is not always the biggest one. Again, you have no way of knowing who bred who.
The argument could also be made that having more does around during the rut could mean less competition and your boy gets to breed some he wouldn’t have otherwise. Again, you have no way to know which ones.
It’s a wash.
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Originally posted by curtintex View PostAgreed. She wants a pass from me, she better have a baby by her side.
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wanna talk about prego deer.....expect every axis doe you shoot to be pregnant!! almost guaranteed 100% of the time
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Originally posted by jshouse View PostAgree, but why not try to tilt the odds in your favor, however small?
Then again, I also shoot every doe that stares down the deer blind or blows every time she gets nervous because it irritates the **** out of me.
In the end, I don't really think it matters.Last edited by Chad C; 12-03-2020, 03:05 PM.
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Originally posted by Dale Moser View PostMakes me no difference either. And I also don’t understand how you can’t see that all of the does are getting bred. Regardless of how many you shoot or when, they are not carrying big boy’s fawn. And I disagree that he’s only gonna breed 1 or 2, that’s not how it works.
They’re all getting bred, you have no idea by which buck, the dead ones will not throw a fawn. These are facts.
The argument could be made that having less does during the rut could lead to dominant bucks breeding the higher percentage. But the dominant buck is not always the biggest one. Again, you have no way of knowing who bred who.
The argument could also be made that having more does around during the rut could mean less competition and your boy gets to breed some he wouldn’t have otherwise. Again, you have no way to know which ones.
It’s a wash.
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Originally posted by Chad C View Post
Then again, I also shoot every doe that stares down the deer blind or blows every time she gets nervous because it irritates the **** out of me.
Now that’s good doe management advice I agree on.
If she blows she goes. It’s up to her...
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