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Re: Doe Management?
[Re: ThreePeppers]
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10/22/15 03:38 PM
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I target largest does unless they have a fawn in tow.
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Re: Doe Management?
[Re: ThreePeppers]
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10/22/15 03:47 PM
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stxranchman
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I target the ones with twins most of the time if I am dealing with an over-population problem. I prefer a single fawn raised by a young doe. Bigger fawn most of the time at the same age as a doe with twins. I also shoot does after Thanksgiving in my area down south since fawns are old enough to survive on their own. I also believe that if a buck fawn is orphaned he will stay closer to his/mothers home range longer in life.
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Re: Doe Management?
[Re: ThreePeppers]
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10/22/15 04:04 PM
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ThreePeppers
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This is my first year on the lease and I've only had feeders and cameras set up for a little over a month. The guys that have been on a while say it's basically 1:1 and they never really see any doe at their feeders. Apparently they must all hang out on my side of the ranch as I've see up to 10 at a time on camera and have only been able to identify 4 different bucks. I'm used to hunting in the hill country where seeing 20-30 does in an afternoon was not uncommon so I'm not quite sure what to think about the rolling plains. At this point I'm targeting those old does with the protruding ribs. I figure it's time for them to pass the torch.
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Re: Doe Management?
[Re: ThreePeppers]
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10/22/15 04:33 PM
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stxranchman
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But, do you need to shoot any does? Has there been any survey done to verify the ratio? If you have all the does then you will have a lot more bucks when the rut starts.
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Re: Doe Management?
[Re: ThreePeppers]
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10/22/15 10:54 PM
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JMalin
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I like big fawn crops, so I tend to target young does. On 460 low fence acres, we aren't going to change the genetics by selectively culling. The more buck fawns I can put on the ground each year, the greater the number I can recruit to maturity.
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Re: Doe Management?
[Re: ThreePeppers]
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10/23/15 07:22 PM
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stxranchman
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Obie Juan Kenobi
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I prefer younger does raising one fawn. Research has shown that younger does raise more buck fawns. Younger does should carry your better genetics. So, younger does raising one single buck fawn is my preference. Does not always work that way but has worked well for me in the past.
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Re: Doe Management?
[Re: ThreePeppers]
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10/23/15 07:27 PM
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Ricochet83
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STX when you say younger does that are raising one buck fawn are your prefernce are you saying your preference to keep or to shoot?
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Re: Doe Management?
[Re: ThreePeppers]
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10/23/15 08:13 PM
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stxranchman
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Once you are happy with the way the young bucks look or they all look in all age classes I would then target all older does and leave the younger ones to breed. The younger ones are related much more closely to your bucks than the older does will be. Also more does will not always dictate more fawns. Less does can raise the same amount of fawns when the herd is kept at CC.
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