… herd, ones that many managers may not realize. How many does can a buck breed before becoming seriously depleted? My … Wisconsin, a whitetail buck can breed about seven or eight does (in the wild) before becoming severely depleted. Shorty, … will limit a “breeder buck” procreate with about 10 does (remember, not in the wild). Shorty says, “In a …
… Delaware, New York and New Jersey. I had permission to hunt a 6-acre piece of property several years ago. I took two … and the woods are no longer there). Actually all I need to hunt deer is a small piece of property to hunt where I can … a modern rifle. Hunters also had to take a minimum of two does, before they could take their second bucks. At that …
… mid-November, and the rumors that the bucks were chasing does were weighing heavily on my mind. I walked 40 steps to … on how hunters can predict the rut and when they need to hunt. Because the rut can fluctuate due to different regions, … and the day's hot topic is buck movement, it is time to hunt. …
… throughout most of deer season where I live and hunt. One of the biggest problems we have with our deer … big antlers and heavy body weights. On an average morning hunt, whether I'm bowhunting or gun hunting, I may see from 5 … hunt will be 15. Although most of the deer I see will be does, I’ll also see a good number of spikes and 4-point …
… last two weeks of October, bucks use scrapes to attract does and show dominance to other bucks. Buck scrapes will begin appearing heavier in mid-October when does begin to check out the scrapes, and several bucks will … When bucks are cruising during the pre-rut, searching for does who might be ready to breed, they often stop and check …
… Hunt, Trap, Eat - Jerry “Skeeter” Clinton is a Wild Hog … hogs, how and why he takes them all year long, and what he does with the hogs he takes. Skeeter Hates Hogs Partly … turkey season and deer season. Also, in the past, we could hunt hogs here in Tennessee when all the other seasons were …
… up deer herds in Alabama was, “Don’t shoot the does, or you won’t have as many bucks.” That philosophy … been practicing deer management on the leased property I hunt 2 hours north of my house, we’ll see 8-15 deer on a … five of these nice racked bucks. We have six members who hunt 1,800 acres, and we intensively manage our lands to …
… has taught us that we can hold some nice, mature bucks to hunt each season. We can grow bigger deer and improve the genetics of the bucks we hunt and harvest. Ten years ago, when we first started … deer and turkeys, most of the deer photos we got were of does. However, we do more doe management now than when we …
… of protein to the deer, and we've increased the number of does that we have on the property. Primarily in the past, you would see bucks and no does on the Monarch Ranch. To increase the quality and the … of the ranch believes we need to reduce the amount of does that we are harvesting and increase the number of does …
