Do any of you all check the weight and condition of your does that you killed?
What is the weight and condition are those fawn rearing does?
Over a period of years, how much does the weights and condition fluctuate ?
Your bucks should be in better condition since all they do is eat til time for the rut.
What is the overall condition of the deer herd and when does your browse lines show up.
Seeing deer would be the last criteria for not enough or too many deer and or does.
Exactly the only time you need to kill does is if the herd has grown to the point that the deer are not in good health. To do that you need to have weights and age of does killed over several years. If you hunt a piece of property where you are killing mature 3.5+ does that are averaging 110lb or better on a scale not a guess you do not have to many deer and biologolicly there is no reason to kill any does on that property. The problem is most people don't take the time to gather the information to be able to make the right decisions.
