Christmas Evening Doe

[Seth]

I took the smokepole out for a little snow doe hunt after the Christmas festivities were finished and took this big girl. She came in with four other does. There was a buck grunting and chasing a doe back behind me in the brush. I waited a while hoping the buck would pop out just to see what he was, but the doe I ended up shooting started getting a little spooky and forced my hand to shoot. She made it about 100 yards and piled up.

I sure do love letting smoke fly on those cold, late season hunts!

 

[fshndoug]

nice job

[Terrierman]

Perfect shot placement.  That is going to be good venison.

[mic]

What are the doe limits in MO?  I live in IL.

[Dutch]

On 12/27/2022 at 9:06 AM, mic said:

What are the doe limits in MO?  I live in IL.

It’s complicated.  It varies by county, residences, land ownership of property and how much property one owns.

https://mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/regulations/antlerless-deer-hunting-county-restrictions

[Seth]

On 12/27/2022 at 9:06 AM, mic said:

What are the doe limits in MO?  I live in IL.

Most counties allow unlimited archery antlerless and two firearms antlerless tags. There are a few counties in the northwest corner and down in the south east corner that are more restrictive on antlerless tags. Since I've filled my second antlerless tag with this doe, I would can't shoot anymore with a firearm in this county, but I could purchase and fill two in other counties if I wanted.

 

[mic]

16 hours ago, Seth said:

Most counties allow unlimited archery antlerless and two firearms antlerless tags. There are a few counties in the northwest corner and down in the south east corner that are more restrictive on antlerless tags. Since I've filled my second antlerless tag with this doe, I would can't shoot anymore with a firearm in this county, but I could purchase and fill two in other counties if I wanted.

 

Nice... so one, if chooses, could live on wild game... meat wise of course, if you had access also.  I've never deer hunted, only small game.  I used to want to, but at this point in life... my hunting days are over.   

[Seth]

8 hours ago, mic said:

Nice... so one, if chooses, could live on wild game... meat wise of course, if you had access also.  I've never deer hunted, only small game.  I used to want to, but at this point in life... my hunting days are over.   

For sure, especially if you bow hunt. We pretty well lived on wild game (mostly deer) and fish growing up when it was dad, me and my younger brother. Dad and I would kill 8-12 deer a year and keep most of it for ourselves.