Where the does?

[Thunderflight]

So far I've passed 5 bucks and have see nine doe with a yearling. My friends are also saying that they aren't seeing the dies either. I know the early ML season thinned the herd a but not that much.

Anyone else seeing the same thing?

 

[Beentown]

There gone. We have killed TOO many. I haven't seen 9 does all year.

 

[Hoytmania]

They have disappeared from this property

 

[teej89]

Not a clue I've seen 12 bucks and one doe in the past 4 all day sits.

 

[Carpn]

They're hiding from bucks . Plus there are fewer does than when you last hunted Ohio . The doe to buck ratios are Prolly2:1 round here .

 

[CritterGitterToo]

I hear there's a few in Athens county. You'll have to ask Mike T. He has all the answers.

 

[jeremy44230]

There gone. We have killed TOO many. I haven't seen 9 does all year.

X2!!!!!

 

[Blackbeard]

X2!!!!!

X3, fewer around here too but the ones I see are hammering honeysuckle patches since there are no acorns.

 

[Jamie]

they're in the corn having an orgy.

 

["J"]

they're in the corn having an orgy.

A corngy????? Cornholio????

 

[xbowguy]

Does have disappeared around here. Noticed it in the early trail cam pic's. Not good at all!

 

[Outdoorsfellar]

I've got 'em left & right on my cams ... at night.

 

[Big_Holla]

We only confirmed 4 does on 180 acres so far this year with our trail cameras and actual sightings while hunting. Sure hope they're just hiding in that corn.......

 

[Strizzi]

I hunt a 70 acre plot in medina county and all I have are does, we had one trail cam picture that had 7 does and all their kids. We didn't see a single buck until about mid October. All were fairly small bucks, one good sized and one monster. So I got does like crazy up here.

 

[Outdoorsfellar]

I just checked some cams after last posting about this. I didn't wanna think I was fibbing. I'm getting does & a few dinky bucks, even this morn when I should have been in my pop up. No Mr Freaky or anything bigger showing up.

 

[Droptine]

I have 3 does and a yearling only coming out in the middle of the night. Only daytime pics are of bucks. I thought something weird was going on at the property I hunt, but it sounds like others have the same issues. I hunt in medina.

 

[Archertl]

Its pretty much state wide. Something has to change.

 

[dante322]

Something has to change.

Good luck with that.

the DNR is counting on uneducated hunters who don't bother to notice the does are disappearing. decimating the does is the herd reduction plan, it's working well, and they have no intention of stopping any time soon. the insurance companies and farm bureau wont let them.

We've been seeing the same thing here. i passed a doe on opening morning only to have another hunter kill her a couple weeks ago.

 

[Buckmaster]

Our doe population is down in our area (Jefferson Co.) too so we've laid off them a little this year.

 

[Redhunter1012]

I kill basically 1 a year inmy are now instead of the 2-3 i used to