Well, My plan all along has been to see how many deer I could get to respond to Bills doe Bleat from Bills Custom Calls. :eyebrow:
Here is the third........
I took this Beautiful Doe Bleat........
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh123/alscalls/doeseason0001.jpg)
I slowly moved around from place to place setting up and calling and had two does coming in here and then they just vanished, never to be seen again...
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh123/alscalls/doeseason0002.jpg)
As I moved from place to place I kept seeing these......(Coyotes following me around again :argh:)
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh123/alscalls/doeseason0004.jpg)
I could not resist moving to where I thought I was ahead of em and doing a set.......17 min on my cedar bird distress
(On again off again) and one dog busted me and started barking....I caught a glimpse of him as he ran away but no yote this day and no more tracks beside mine after that. :rolleye:
SOOO....Back to the Last day of this doe season (Another one opens around Christmas )
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh123/alscalls/doeseason0003.jpg)
And in the last hour of the last day....I spooked em into a huge field as they ran I blew the guts outa that call and they stopped......... BANG! 300yd Big Doe...
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh123/alscalls/doeseason0005.jpg)
THANKS AGAIN BILL! It works well :eyebrownod: A six point and two does so far buddy :wink:
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh123/alscalls/doeseason0006.jpg)
I was out from about 6:30am till 5:30pm (loading her up and another for my buddy after it got dark)
What a great day to be alive... :yoyo:
WTG Al, putting meat in the freezer! You done good. Wish I could have joined you. These ccw classes provide my hunting and shooting money, and LBL money, so I had to let you go and have that great day without me.
Jim
Great job, Al! :congrats: I just might have to look in to one those doe bleat calls. :wink:
Way to go Al! :highclap: :highclap: That's sure beautiful country. Thanks for sharing. Was that a 300 yard head shot?
Pat
Good job Al, nothing like meat in the freezer. Every day hunting is a good day
Hunt hard, Die tired
John
No Pat I could not get a clear view in such a hurry....and I was only using one shooting stick and no Bi Pod......Happened to fast.
Man she went down hard! Right in the front shoulder and it did not exit (90gr. balistic tip 3800fps 6mm rem from a ruger M77 Scope on 20 power)
John,
I do not have as much time as I would like in the woods anymore...... :sad: But I make the best of what I can get. Also I told myself all day every step I take could be my next adventure. :yoyo:
Al,
I like the looks of those tracks.
Jim
They were every where I went till about 10:30 am :biggrin:
Al I am glad to see the doe bleat is working very good for you
Thanks for the kind words
Al,
Looks like you did a camo job on your rifle?? How did you do it? Looks pretty good from the little I can see in your picture.
Jim
I just stuck a bunch of removable camo tape on it I was hoping to leave it on for a while but with all this snow I may have to take it apart and clean it real good.
Atta boy Al. Sound's like a great day and taking Bill with you sound's like a good choice :highclap:. Enjoy the meat as you deserve too.
Quote from: coyote101 on December 13, 2008, 10:01:01 PM
Was that a 300 yard head shot?
:roflmao:
I'd take a doe to serve on my table any day over a trophy buck. Nice job Al :yoyo:
We have too many does here and with the oaks dying off due to insect infestation they are already eating pine needles and ground pine... and I fear many will starve this winter if we don't thin them out. I have not seen a good acorn drop in three years. :rolleye: I hope they can adapt. I have planted 150 apple trees on my farm and only two have survived cause the deer eat them clear to the ground.
Quote from: alscalls on December 14, 2008, 09:33:16 AM
We have too many does here and with the oaks dying off due to insect infestation they are already eating pine needles and ground pine... and I fear many will starve this winter if we don't thin them out.
Al,
I think that is a problem in a lot of places. In my part of Kentucky, we can take only one antlered deer, but an unlimited number of does. I've taken four this year, including another one yesterday with the muzzleloader. Nothing has gone to waste. I have a freezer full of meat, and have given a lot of meat away. The doe I shot yesterday was given to a lady friend of the landowner's. Unfortunatley, many hunters still will only shoot bucks which can cause problems with buck/doe ratios. And of course, if the population isn't controlled, ultimately it will exceed the carrying capacity of the land, which sounds like what you're about to face. In that case, nature will level things out, either by disease and/or starvation. I think the humane and responsible thing for hunters to do is try and prevent that.
Pat
This is from
Buckmasters:
Bonus Tip of the Week: New Thoughts on Taking Does
You've probably read dozens of articles recommending harvesting big, healthy does to help reduce deer populations. Other articles talk about how to tell mature does from yearlings to help hunters cull only mature does. But some biologists are taking a new approach to thinning herds and are recommending taking the very youngest deer instead.
Their reasoning is that it is much better for the habitat to harvest a yearling because it requires more food and nutrients to grow to maturity. And mature does are valuable because they are much more likely to produce healthy twin fawns and almost always breed in the normal rut window - both good things for the health of the herd.
The risk in taking young deer, of course, is that you will inevitably take some button bucks. Both schools of thought have their merits, so which is right for you?
To answer that question, ask yourself another: What is the bigger concern for your herd, buck/doe ratios or overpopulation/poor nutrition. If buck/doe ratios are your big problem, it might be best for you to preserve all bucks and go with taking only mature, long-faced does. If habitat and numbers are tops on your list, remove the younger deer. Either way, you're a winner at the dinner table.
Yea I seen it happen in northern Ohio where the metro parks would not allow any hunting at all and then the deer started to die a horrible death from starvation and/or disease. Then they wanted help... :argh: We told them to piss off and explained that the meat on most of them was now no good and they should have listened and ultimately they hired so called sharp shooters to thin the heard and I believe they now allow some urban bow hunting :rolleye:.
nice deer Al
thats alot of good eatin for this winter.
Good Jib!