Where can I shoot lots of does for cheap

[bojangles808]

I just want to get some meat and enjoy the whitetail woods, maybe take a trip with my son in the next couple years and get him on some deer. I know everyone's managing for big bucks, surely there's some places where they want to thin the doe population later in the season. Any leads/ ideas? thx

 

[AZ_Hunter_2000]

Texas.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Missouri

 

[Macintosh]

Open to bow and earlier season? That opens up some major options.

 

[bojangles808]

Open to bow and earlier season? That opens up some major options.

I do bowhunt so open to both but I think I'd prefer rifle as I'd like to try and make this a father son thing in the future and it will be a while before my son can pull enough poundage. late December to early/mid January would be best as it lines up with winter break for us (I'm a special ed teacher so hard to take a whole week off) and I assume that's when most would want does taken out after most of the prime rutting has occurred. . I also get a break second week October but that probably doesn't line up with most rifle seasons.

 

[Pescetism]

Missouri.

Early firearms antlerless early-mid Oct, late firearms antlerless early-mid Dec, prices are low compared to most of the country, and four firearms antlerless tags in most of the state. Late Dec - early Jan would be alternative methods.

 

[IW17]

Georgia

 

[H80Hunter]

Wisconsin has a couple December doe rifle seasons. 4 days statewide like the 9-12th depending on the year and half the state has a holiday doe rifle the 12/24 through 1/1

 

[bojangles808]

with these recommendations are outfitters offering these types of hunts or is this more an diy public land situation?

 

[Pescetism]

with these recommendations are outfitters offering these types of hunts or is this more an diy public land situation?

Either or. I don't pay much attention to what outfitters are offering but I'd be surprised if one of them didn't have something like what you're wanting.

Shouldn't be terribly difficult to be successful doing DIY public. To me the biggest knocks on MO public are high potential for crowds and many of the less crowded and/or less timbered conservation areas will be muzzleloader only. At least in the northern portion of the state

 

[Scottyboy]

Alabama would also be looking at

 

[ResearchinStuff]

Eastern Maryland. 15 does and 1 buck for ~$180. Archery season is open sept-jan.

 

[Nine Banger]

I just want to get some meat and enjoy the whitetail woods, maybe take a trip with my son in the next couple years and get him on some deer. I know everyone's managing for big bucks, surely there's some places where they want to thin the doe population later in the season. Any leads/ ideas? thx

Check with me when you're ready.

You can get 4 antlerless tags as a NR where I live.

We only got 16 tags last year and we would like to shoot more.

 

[Scottyboy]

Check with me when you're ready.

You can get 4 antlerless tags as a NR where I live.

We only got 16 tags last year and we would like to shoot more.

can I pretend to be him and hit your DM’s? lol

 

[Sccritterkiller]

Look for states with antlerless management programs. We have one in SC for landowmers. DNR issues extra doe tags to landowners who meet qualifications.

 

[Ajsomp]

GA is 10 doe 2 buck. I shot 4 doe opening week two seasons ago. GA also does controlled hunts on the WMAs which don’t count towards your tags.

 

[PredatorSlayer]

TN is pretty generous with doe tags.

 

[loganwayne]

I was going to say Tennessee there are some wmas that have special regs for does. 4 per day don't go against your tags. Or at least they did last time I went 5 years ago.


Anywhere in the south is going to have generous tags. We have friends that come down from Alaska almost every year and take plenty of whitetail home with them

 

[Billy Goat]

You want to actually hunt, or just shoot?

 

[Eship]

Any east coast state will have a ton of doe tags. I’m from Maryland, and as was already mentioned, we get 15 does and 1 buck (an extra buck tag is $10 I think). I think the only reason they have it as 15 is they figured no body will be able to fill that many tags, so it is basically like no limit.

But to add, our rifle season is always two weeks with the Saturday immediately after Thanksgiving being opening day.