During the archery seasons, what is the best time to take your doe(s) in benefiting the overall deer herd?

[tcook8296]

I don't think it matters much when you shoot a doe. 

The end result is still one less doe. 

In my case I like to hunt bucks so if I were to shoot a doe. It would be the last week of the season. 

I go through great lengths to keep the pressure to the absolute minimum I can. 

So I see shooting anything but a buck I'm after as disturbing and educating deer. 

I don't like to be told by the state I have to shoot a doe. 

Also, the farmer permits are ridiculous, that's my crying. 

So I refuse to shoot a single doe off my farm. 

The farmer rides up and down the road shooting deer all night long so why would I shoot one. 

I spend lots of time on my property making improvements, 

Hinge cuts (bedding/ woody browse) food plots that pretty much have food year round, but mostly focus on late season food , water holes  apple and chestnut trees and a sanctuary. 

When the food sources dry up and the pressures on, the deer stay close to the cover and food. 

Before Ehd I could have 50 deer in my plots Dec Jan Feb. 

Now maybe 20 to 25 a night. 

You can do some things with small acreage. 

The problem is the long seasons with bait piles and driving and multiple buck tags. 

Antlered deer stand little chance of surviving. 

 

 

 

[Codaboy]

I do my doe hunting on permit shotgun seasons. With a group of friend's. We. Start Saturday in zone 16, and mabie get a 51 this year. And I try to take one winterbow off the government. Archery and muzzloader I don't shoot family deer from the tree,  

[Buck154]

Taking a doe any time of the season you take typically 2 from next year. So I prefer to take a doe late season with cooler temps and I can let it hang some. But I always take a doe opening day for the EAB cause the state tells us we have too to take a buck early.