Do you shoot

[Quickdraw]

the first deer you get a shot at during bow season? Brandon you don't have to respond. We already know the answer

[Tampaspicer]

Depends on the freezer.

[Quickdraw]

Originally Posted by Adam

If they give me a good shot....yes...why wait?

I asked this because I have doe stands and buck stands. Im like Coondog, if I know a buck is using an area doe's get a free pass from those stands. On morning hunts in early bow season I usually hunt doe stands. I just wouldn't want a doe I shot to run into a bedding area that I know a big buck is using and possibly ruin my chances at him

[philmanuts]

Well since ya'll already have the bucks figured out why don't you shoot them first?

[philmanuts]

The wind does not always stay the same, most of time it changes

[philmanuts]

Originally Posted by Gator

yeah

Yeah? good response

[Arra]

I am actually gonna lay off the does a little on my Oconee County land this year....I just got in a new club and I plan on doing my doe killing on the new land...Plus HT2 and and Haven want me to thin does on their land...

[philmanuts]

Originally Posted by Gator

i guess....not sure what to say to your last one......


so you pay no mind to wind direction?

Well not as much most folks, because the wind shifts so much, I have not been busted to my "knowledge" by scent in years and I hunt 60 days a year, but not say a buck scented and got the hell out of dodge quickly and quietly, but I do kill mature bucks every year, and i don't let wind determine my hunt. Unless I did not shower or have scent free clothes clean clothes before the hunt, or sweat a storm going to stand

[Arra]

Originally Posted by Gator

oh yeah and up in indiana...i just get to my tree and hunt regardless of the wind...them dumb big effers just walk around everywhere!

How's that working out for ya??

[Arra]

Originally Posted by Gator

lets see....ive seen more 130 inch bucks in the last 3 years than me and you will probably see for the next 20 years hunting down here...so pretty good.

I can see 130 inch bucks all day long at the UGA farm near my house....Doesn't help me kill them though...

[Quickdraw]

Originally Posted by Gator

i hear ya..........i hunt a whole lot and haven't been busted many times in a while...but do pay a good bit attention to it- but mainly for the walk in to the stand....i like to think if ive taken care of my clothes (like you said) and climb pretty high like i do...that im ok once in the tree (so i dont freak out as bad then)....but the walk in is what usually scares me on spooking deer.
And ive just got a couple spots picked out this year that are real real thick and i think real close to where bucky may be living so i dont want to take a chance of bumping him when im walking in.....

oh yeah and up in indiana...i just get to my tree and hunt regardless of the wind...them dumb big effers just walk around everywhere!

I here ya! I do the same in Illinois most of the time. During the rut those mid-west bucks would run over me to get to a doe. But in Ga I play the wind to the best of my ability. I have a couple of stands I may only get to hunt a couple times a year due to wind direction. But when I do get the right wind I usually kill one there

[coon dawg]

Originally Posted by Quickdraw

the first deer you get a shot at during bow season? Brandon you don't have to respond. We already know the answer

....depends on the stand.......if the wind is right, and I am hunting a stand I have up targeting the one or two bucks I'm after.........hellllllll noooooo....and by the wind being right, I mean constant out of the right direction.......if I'm in a doe whackin stand and one comes along......oh yeah.....

[BOWHUNTER!]

Depends on how early in the season. If its opening weekend, I'll shoot a good sized doe if she is alone and gives me a good shot. As October approaches the doe killing itch disappears.

[G.G.]

pending the weather and time of day and circumstances.

if its a mature doe with babies that look like they will survive without momma and its not 200 degrees or right before dark then yeah.

if its a shooter buck then yeah.

mommas with itsy bitsy babies and baby bucks and mature mommas in very bad heat all get passes

[MShunter]

Originally Posted by Quickdraw

I asked this because I have doe stands and buck stands. Im like Coondog, if I know a buck is using an area doe's get a free pass from those stands. On morning hunts in early bow season I usually hunt doe stands. I just wouldn't want a doe I shot to run into a bedding area that I know a big buck is using and possibly ruin my chances at him

I have deer stands and the first deer that walks out is dead
and no i dont care if its still sucking on its mommas titty
ill kill the momma then the baby
thay make some tender sarsage