doe hunting techniques

[lostkause]

is there a different technique for hunting does than bucks? I would imagine that the calls and scents dont work as well or even scare them off. I know that before I started using calls and stuff all I would see are does now that I used my buck tag I havent seen anything. would using a buck scent this time of year be a little more effective or would it scare them off. I am always looking for more advice and ways to improve as a hunter so any advice would be welcome and appreciated.

[meatmuzzy]

im not sure if there's a method for hunting does specifically, but i did recently read a dirty little trick from a magazine.  Get a fawn distress call and blow on that while on your stand.  The maternal instincts of a doe will cause her to investigate and maybe save the fawn thats in distress.  This technique will work on does that dont have fawns too, but its more effective on moms.  I've never tried this during deer season but I have called in does while coyote hunting so I know it works.  Give it a shot!

[Isles323]

Fawn in distress calls work like a charm.... plus you could always take a coyote if they come around

[lostkause]

I will have to try that will it still work this late in the year though? I have 2 tags left to fill.

[phade]

Food sources are always a good bet for does.

This time of year, I might look for thick areas near food sources. Not necessarily for traditional beds, but places where the does can go to get a respite from bucks pestering them.

[Isles323]

By me the doe still have fawns wit them so i don't see why not. Don't count on seeing any bucks though, it seems to scare them away.

[lostkause]

well I no longer have a buck tag so as nice as it would be to see a big monster I think its best to not be tempted. I just picture it every time I go out that a nice 8-10 pointer will come walking my way and I will have no choice but to let him pass.

[phade]

That's one of the hunter's Murphy Law...of course you'll see a big buck after you fill a tag.

Just like the bow clanking on a stand rail, or forgetting your release at the truck, or eating those burritos the night before opener...you get it!

[Doc]

At this date, I am going to assume you are talking about gun season. The land that I hunt receives a fair amount of pressure and I don't believe that all the calls and other attractant types of techniques work at all on bucks or does. So I guess once the orange army invades the woods, I don't have any specific differences in techniques. My chief tactic is to simply find the deer (buck or doe) and hope that what I see first is a buck.

Doc

[lostkause]

yes I am talking about gun season (I missed my bow hunter safety course). that makes alot of sence though. i can see how both techniques will work. I havent tied the fawn distress calls though i have no clue what they are sapposed to sound like.