sageadvice
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I have seen where some have recommended to their brothers in vain, not to take a Doe from a particular unit or area because, for whatever reason, the herd is way down. Well, lets talk about that Doe.
Under normal circumstance, a Doe, let's call her our Queen, will have two fawns a year for from 5-10 years but to keep the numbers down, we'll talk about her having five crops of fawns. Our Queen Doe has two fawns, say, one female and a male. The next year, that female fawn has her own twins, again, a male and female, this followed by the same for 3 more years...5 Does and five bucks being born from that first born female of our Queen doe.
Then we must consider our Queen doe giving birth to twins again her second year. Yep, for average sake we'll see a doe fawn and a buck fawn. This doe fawn has her babies for five years and again from her alone we have 5 buck fawns and 5 doe fawns. Figure the third, fourth, and fifth year of our Queen doe the same, 5 and 5 each year.
From that one queen doe that some one did shoot or decided that maybe they didn't need to shoot, she was or hypothetically could have been directly responsible for 50 deer being born in about a five year period, 25 bucks and 25 other Does. All that from the ONE DOE!
Yes, i believe that there are times and places where a Doe hunt may be warranted. Large Private holdings, limited entry units where the herd may be eating themselves from groceries, or even some General units where the herd is doing well. I do though believe that there are times and places where, even though a Doe hunt is legal, because of the dwindling herd, it should not have been granted, or legal, and it is up to the Sportsman to decide or to be recommended by others, not to take that ONE DOE!
Joey
"It's all about knowing what your firearms practical limitations are and combining that with your own personal limitations!"
Under normal circumstance, a Doe, let's call her our Queen, will have two fawns a year for from 5-10 years but to keep the numbers down, we'll talk about her having five crops of fawns. Our Queen Doe has two fawns, say, one female and a male. The next year, that female fawn has her own twins, again, a male and female, this followed by the same for 3 more years...5 Does and five bucks being born from that first born female of our Queen doe.
Then we must consider our Queen doe giving birth to twins again her second year. Yep, for average sake we'll see a doe fawn and a buck fawn. This doe fawn has her babies for five years and again from her alone we have 5 buck fawns and 5 doe fawns. Figure the third, fourth, and fifth year of our Queen doe the same, 5 and 5 each year.
From that one queen doe that some one did shoot or decided that maybe they didn't need to shoot, she was or hypothetically could have been directly responsible for 50 deer being born in about a five year period, 25 bucks and 25 other Does. All that from the ONE DOE!
Yes, i believe that there are times and places where a Doe hunt may be warranted. Large Private holdings, limited entry units where the herd may be eating themselves from groceries, or even some General units where the herd is doing well. I do though believe that there are times and places where, even though a Doe hunt is legal, because of the dwindling herd, it should not have been granted, or legal, and it is up to the Sportsman to decide or to be recommended by others, not to take that ONE DOE!
Joey
"It's all about knowing what your firearms practical limitations are and combining that with your own personal limitations!"