Doe Articles

Eight ways to shoot for early deer season success.

Eight ways to shoot for early deer season success.

Here’s why, if your property needs to have some does lopped off it this year, early is better than later.

Regardless of whether or not it's a trophy, it's one hell of an accomplishment to shoot a doe. Here's why. Plus, when's the best time to hunt these animals?

While watching this doe nudge her newborn fawn up and away from the road, also take a look at the fawn's response to danger. Typically, these behaviors are an instinctive response to nearby predators.

A doe has attacked and harassed an Ohio woman to the point she said she feels like a prisoner in her own home.

Curtis Russell got the surprise of his life when he bagged a 22-point whitetail doe.

For four years Virginia hunter Les Spradlin hunted what he thought was a trophy buck. It turned out to be an 18-point doe instead!

State biologists say human behavior is the biggest reason that Mississippi's statewide deer season was marginal.

Researchers now have better data on where whitetail bucks disappear to during the rut, whether does really are more vigilant than bucks, and how to treat acorn trees to maximize the food they provide for deer.

Timely calling has often proven to be the deciding factor between not seeing deer and tagging the trophy of a lifetime.

Timely calling has often proven to be the deciding factor between not seeing deer and tagging the trophy of a lifetime.

Make the most of every hunting minute with a tactical approach.

Make the most of every hunting minute with a tactical approach.

Make the most of every hunting minute with a tactical approach.

Bowhunting the convoluted country of ridges and ravines, benches and draws takes special tactics but can pay off big.

Bowhunting the convoluted country of ridges and ravines, benches and draws takes special tactics but can pay off big.

Bowhunting the convoluted country of ridges and ravines, benches and draws takes special tactics but can pay off big.

All this deer management advice about shooting spikes and bucks with wimpy-looking antlers just might be wrong after all.

A mindset for working with those few factors within your control.

A mindset for working with those few factors within your control.

Within a period of two years, I bowhunted a total of six hours and took a P&Y and a B&C antelope. Here’s how to make things happen…and fast!

Within a period of two years, I bowhunted a total of six hours and took a P&Y and a B&C antelope. Here’s how to make things happen…and fast!

Within a period of two years, I bowhunted a total of six hours and took a P&Y and a B&C antelope. Here’s how to make things happen…and fast!

In Part 1 we looked at the role a doe plays in the rut. Now let’s examine the buck’s role.