Leaving deer where they lay

[TrapperJ]

I have been around hunters, camps, etc a very long time and have never heard anything close to what the OP wrote. It must be a thought of a nut case.

That's what I thought I mean as soon as I heard let the deer lay there for a hour or two and the bucks will come to it I thought uh yeah this guy doesn't need to be in the woods

 

[TrapperJ]

Contrary to popular belief “Milf Hunter” isn’t actually a hunting show.

Dang really? Well it seemed to be some kind of a sport I thought I seen a few hunt talkers doing it to

 

[44hunter45]

I dont agree with what was described but that would be 100% legal in NC as long as they tagged the doe. There are no wanton waste or mandatory recovery laws for big game here.

I would never abandon an animal in the woods but I'll absolutely let a doe sit until I'm ready to leave in case she was hot.

Do you think all their viewers will be diligent enough to check local regs? You have idiots taking 100 yard archery shots now because they saw it on YouTube.

 

[44hunter45]

Guessing this is the video you are referencing unless you have another one. Grant Woods is a pretty stand up guy with everything I watched of his videos. Never says anything about leaving as food for other animals and not going to tag it.

Nice shooting in that video. The Antis are pulling their eyebrows out over that one. Have some pride brother.
I guess that is what a 6.5CM shoulder shot looks like on a doe.

 

[np307]

Do you think all their viewers will be diligent enough to check local regs? You have idiots taking 100 yard archery shots now because they saw it on YouTube.

It wasn't a comment on the influence of the video, it was a comment on the pitchfork army ready to hang the guy for something that could be legal where he is.

 

[np307]

That's what I thought I mean as soon as I heard let the deer lay there for a hour or two and the bucks will come to it I thought uh yeah this guy doesn't need to be in the woods

I know multiple people who have killed bucks doing this and I would've killed one once but I didn't wait long enough.

 

[EastTNHunter]

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I’ve done it before accidentally and intentionally. I won’t leave a doe to waste, so about an hour or so max. But it can draw in bucks for sure if she is “hot”

 

[Sheltowee]

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I’ve done it before accidentally and intentionally. I won’t leave a doe to waste, so about an hour or so max. But it can draw in bucks for sure if she is “hot”

It definitely works. I've shot a doe, was futzing around clearing a jam in my rifle and packing my gear in the blind, looked up to see a young-and-dumb 8 standing over her. Promptly dumped him. Huge, huge difference between that (and what Grant Woods posted in his Hunting Deer video) and shooting one merely as attractant and letting it waste.

 

[TrapperJ]

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I’ve done it before accidentally and intentionally. I won’t leave a doe to waste, so about an hour or so max. But it can draw in bucks for sure if she is “hot

But how does one know she's hot? Say one doe in 10 does is hot that means you have to shoot those 10 does before you get the hot one right? Also I never seen a doe while Hunting buck season

 

[CollegeDad]

I've had it happen by accident after I purposely shot a doe to fill an antlerless tag years ago on Nov. 15. I dropped her where she stood and about 20 minutes later here came a little buck (not legal). He nudged her on the ground trying to get her up, then he would walk a few yards away look at her and come back and do it again. It went on 20-30 minutes I would guess. I think it is more of a coincidence and wouldn't shoot a doe for that reason.

 

[Dave N]

Daughter and I were out and she only wanted a buck. A doe came by and I asked her if I could shoot it. Yes, bang, dropped. Left it lay to see what else would show up. 10 minutes later she shot her buck that had followed the doe and nudged around for a bit before giving her a shot.

 

[TrapperJ]

So from what I've compelled it sounds like a logical tactic and trick to use if you go about it the right way? But if it's a state like NC you can abandon it? I personally have no care to try it but it's cool hearing it could work

 

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[EastTNHunter]

But how does one know she's hot? Say one doe in 10 does is hot that means you have to shoot those 10 does before you get the hot one right? Also I never seen a doe while Hunting buck season

Did you read my post that I linked?

Sometimes you can just tell. How she walks around like she’s looking for something, how other does treat her if there are others around, if she is all by herself during the rut

 

[EastTNHunter]

It definitely works. I've shot a doe, was futzing around clearing a jam in my rifle and packing my gear in the blind, looked up to see a young-and-dumb 8 standing over her. Promptly dumped him. Huge, huge difference between that (and what Grant Woods posted in his Hunting Deer video) and shooting one merely as attractant and letting it waste.

I watched the short video link and I didn’t see any reference to just leaving the deer to waste. If someone does that then I definitely disagree with it (although for one WMA in TN the TWRA practically encourages you to do that with a “earn-a-buck” requirement on an antler-restricted, 2 day hunt)

 

[Sheltowee]

I watched the short video link and I didn’t see any reference to just leaving the deer to waste. If someone does that then I definitely disagree with it (although for one WMA in TN the TWRA practically encourages you to do that with a “earn-a-buck” requirement on an antler-restricted, 2 day hunt)

No no, that's definitely not what Woods does. He's a good dude and a serious conservationist.

 

[np307]

But how does one know she's hot? Say one doe in 10 does is hot that means you have to shoot those 10 does before you get the hot one right? Also I never seen a doe while Hunting buck season

I'm not going out of my way to kill a hot doe. I'm going to kill that doe regardless of whether she's in heat or not. But if its the middle of the rut, I'm going to let her lay a little while in case she was in heat and a buck comes looking.

If you've never seen a doe while hunting the rut, you have more to learn than you realize.

 

[Nick87]

Daughter and I were out and she only wanted a buck. A doe came by and I asked her if I could shoot it. Yes, bang, dropped. Left it lay to see what else would show up. 10 minutes later she shot her buck that had followed the doe and nudged around for a bit before giving her a shot.

Had an antlerless tag one year and had a small buck chasing a doe around me for almost an hour. Finally decided to shoot that one. I literally had to get down and chase the buck away. Shows how dumb you are when you think your gonna get it.

 

[TrapperJ]

Did you read my post that I linked?

Sometimes you can just tell. How she walks around like she’s looking for something, how other does treat her if there are others around, if she is all by herself during the rut

I'm sorry I didn't read that post I got confused on everything but after reading all I can say is wow that's some crazy stuff I'm glad you didn't get gored but to have a buck hang around all that time is nuts I personally wouldn't of been able to keep my finger off the trigger on that one for the pure fact I would have been worried a about getting rammed

All the ones I've seen just bob there head up and down and walk with there nose scraping the ground so

 

[TrapperJ]

I'm not going out of my way to kill a hot doe. I'm going to kill that doe regardless of whether she's in heat or not. But if its the middle of the rut, I'm going to let her lay a little while in case she was in heat and a buck comes looking.

If you've never seen a doe while hunting the rut, you have more to learn than you realize.

During buck season im probably not gonna shoot a doe till I shoot my buck cause I feel like the minute I cut drive on that doe a random 9 point is gonna run outta the wilds like a mad animal and run 6 county's away and I'm never gonna see it again so

I truly do have more to learn and I'll admit that but I truly never ever ever ever seen a single doe or not that I can remember all to well during the rut. I almost didn't see my buck