What About Doe Harvest MDF Podcast

[dr.mooseknuckles]

The other thing to consider, which I have to remind one of my uncles of, is that if there's tons of gals running along on the landscape, Mr. Big isn't going to push his luck and head out into the open during shooting hours.

Though much of the environment/setting is different that East Alabama pines and hardwoods, I would imagine the principal generally holds true.

 

[robby denning]

The other thing to consider, which I have to remind one of my uncles of, is that if there's tons of gals running along on the landscape, Mr. Big isn't going to push his luck and head out into the open during shooting hours.

Though much of the environment/setting is different that East Alabama pines and hardwoods, I would imagine the principal generally holds true.

Agreed, when buck/doe ratios get really skewed because there’s no doe harvest, yeah it’s easier for a buck to find does. He definitely doesn’t have to travel as much.

 

[wildwilderness]

Yes, this makes a lot of biological sense

I know this is the Mule deer forum but I would argue this is also very applicable to Arizona and coues deer!

I hunted a few times on Fort Huachuca Army base, and would see 100s of does all over. I asked the base biologist why they stopped issuing doe tags- they said well, the AZ GFD no longer issues doe tags so we didn't think it was good practice to be the only ones.... so much potential, and that was for whitetails