Should I shoot her?

[Z7_Matt]

This doe looks real poor. Should I shoot her?

[ColinR]

That is awful.

[FamousAmos]

No, but you should feed her!!

[forneydroptine]

I would shoot her

[Bud's Darlin']

Our trail camera photos - we see a lot of does with ribs showing (not as bad as your photo) but the bucks look super healthy - I had wondered if it's due to the pregnancies earlier and never recovering because of this terrible drought.

[Buckshot-73]

No, but you should feed her!!

X-2. Then shoot her.

[Dubb50]

That's sad, I would feed her and let nature take it's course unless she get worse.

[centex_aggie]

when everybody says feed her, what do you mean exactly by that?

[Slick8]

Our trail camera photos - we see a lot of does with ribs showing (not as bad as your photo) but the bucks look super healthy - I had wondered if it's due to the pregnancies earlier and never recovering because of this terrible drought.

I've seen the same thing at my lease and that's what I thought.

Very sad but it's nature.

[BuckChaser45]

man thats horrible id shoot her

[Z7_Matt]

when everybody says feed her, what do you mean exactly by that?

That's what I'm wondering. I went through 4 bags of corn in less than two weeks!

[happy bowhunter]

bucks are keeping the doe run off the corn at our feeders,so we have been throwing alfalfa and range cubes away from feeders,cameras show a few bucks there but more doe

[deer99hunter]

That's what I'm wondering. I went through 4 bags of corn in less than two weeks!

corn has basically no nutritional value, other than being a high carbohydrate. She is needing something with nutrients - 16 to 20 percent protein with a high fat count

[Dirtymike]

Mother nature is mean Biznatch! I have seen a few that are like that out at our place. I can only shoot two. And cant waste a tag on a bag of bones. Let nature run its course.

[demtx]

It certainly looks like a starving doe, would not be unusual with this years drought. I've been going through about 300# of protein a week feeding probably 16 regulars at the feeders. Saw a skinny doe couple of weeks ago, figured she was a newbie as the other deer look pretty good. I don't think corn alone will keep them in very good shape with natural forage in short supply.