Best Way to attach kill tag to a doe? - Michigan Sportsman Forum With a doe I usually tag in the ear with a zip tie I use the hocks, leg bone and ligament, as handles for dragging a doe with two people or run a stick between them and use it to drag if alone To me- this is much easier than using a rope to drag a doe
How to judge size of doe? - Michigan Sportsman Forum I was about to draw and just felt it looked small It was not a button buck and had a long slender snout It would have made it a bit easier if there was another standing next to her to compare I have shot small doe in the past with the rifle and noticed the tail is usually a bit shorter than a larger doe and this particular doe had a shorter
field dressing a doe | Michigan Sportsman Forum If the doe is not "Dry" you will want to cut the teets and the milk sack first It's actually very easy to just take a sharp knife and guide it around the sack until it comes loose Remove it Then continue to field dress as normal
Difference between and fawn and a yearling - Michigan Sportsman Forum The difference between button bucks and doe fawns Study the faces of the two, I always felt button bucks had shorter, kinda budgy look in the face and does had a longer more pointed look The younger ones also taste alot better than older deer Let the old breeder go and shoot nice fat 1 5 yr old
Doe or Does? What is the plural? | Michigan Sportsman Forum I saw a doe But if it is 2 deer, it can get more complicated I saw 2 doe I saw 2 does OK so what do you say? I have always said "does" as do most people I hunt with or talk to But, there are alot of people who will say "doe" no matter if it is 1 or 20 I know "I saw a deer" and "I saw 2 deer" is the same
The Myth of 10:1 Doe to Buck Ratios | Michigan Sportsman Forum What the example does provide (with the layer of carrying capacity) is a straightforward proof of why the ratio on heavily buck-hunted land can result in a continuing 5:1 ratio I think of state land in western LP before doe permits Don't get me wrong, I agree on the need to up the doe harvest (for several reasons)
Which deer decoy - Michigan Sportsman Forum I use either, If you are doe hunting do not use a decoy, ( IMO) if using a buck, small antlers or only one ( I actually removed the huge antlers they gave me with deke, and made a pair out of wood, but as a spike, pine was just the right color) and use just one antler, Some believe a buck will come at the side missing the antler
When do fawns stray from Momma? | Michigan Sportsman Forum The article is titled "Doe Decisions" pg 104 - buck fawns were found to do better when they left the doe earlier then the doe fawns - By the time Bow season opens, fawns are weaned and capable of taking care of themselves - Many fawns continue suckling behavior throughout fall Despite this behavior, fawns do not need to nurse to survive
DEER HUNTING HISTORY 1960s | Michigan Sportsman Forum Also the tracking doe harvest buck harvest was defined for all methods and seasons There was new ideas like muzzle loading season, an additional buck tag, stand alone doe permits, crop damage permits (special permits), early antlerless, late antlerless, and youth hunts (began in 2000 ) 1998 Gun Hunters 521,990 Bow Hunters 207,216
Doe v . 350 Legend - Michigan Sportsman Forum I shot a doe last year with no pass thru, went 40 yards and tipped over No blood at all, was a high quarter-to and all the blood remained in the chest cavity This year's doe was a clean double lung pass thru went about 30 yards and had a pretty easy drip-drip-drip of bright lung blood Bear Creek Ballistics 160 grain