Punched antlerless tag #4 on a button buck tonight for the management group. Saw 10 deer tonight and this guy was the only one that offered a slam dunk shot. 

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Punched antlerless tag #4 on a button buck tonight for the management group. Saw 10 deer tonight and this guy was the only one that offered a slam dunk shot. 

Just asking out of curiosity and not judgment (promise!) . . .
 
Your history on here makes me think you wouldn't shoot a BB under normal circumstances, and I know you've clarified this was part of the management hunt you're part of in a very controlled environment.  
 
Is part of the design of this management hunt to shoot any/all antlerless deer you have an opportunity to harvest, regardless of whether they're BB's or does?  Or did you get fooled like I have a few times shooting a solitary deer you thought was a younger doe?

snagr
Is part of the design of this management hunt to shoot any/all antlerless deer you have an opportunity to harvest, regardless of whether they're BB's or does?  Or did you get fooled like I have a few times shooting a solitary deer you thought was a younger doe?

 
Normally I pass fawns if I know they are fawns. When hunting on the managements properties, the goal is to remove deer. Preferably does or female fawns but BB's and bucks eat shrubs and get hit by cars too. So ultimately, they would rather the tags get filled with any deer instead of going unfilled. I passed up fawns earlier in the season but now that it is late season, I am trying to fill the rest of my tags. 

Spent 7 hours in a tree yesterday and for my efforts I drew a blank in the morning and a blank in the evening. It was brutal for sure with stiff west winds at 15-20 and 18 degrees. Tons of tracks around my stand in the fresh snow but they were all from the night before after dark. 

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snagr
Is part of the design of this management hunt to shoot any/all antlerless deer you have an opportunity to harvest, regardless of whether they're BB's or does?  Or did you get fooled like I have a few times shooting a solitary deer you thought was a younger doe?

 
Normally I pass fawns if I know they are fawns. When hunting on the managements properties, the goal is to remove deer. Preferably does or female fawns but BB's and bucks eat shrubs and get hit by cars too. So ultimately, they would rather the tags get filled with any deer instead of going unfilled. I passed up fawns earlier in the season but now that it is late season, I am trying to fill the rest of my tags. 

Appreciate the explanation. Makes sense.

I personally couldn’t care less what people shoot as long as they have the tags for it. Was just curious given your history of shooting mature bucks and does on here.

With a light afternoon schedule at work, I decided to head out for a few hours in the cold temperatures and snow in the special regulation area. Much like last weekend the area around my tree stand was polluted with tracks. I climbed up at 2:00 and got settled in. At 2:45 I caught movement far out of deer moving rather quickly through the woods. It turned out to be four bucks chasing one specific doe in a group of six.

Back and forth they went then the doe that they were chasing headed my way. At 27 yards I let out a a rather loud "hey" to get her to stop as she was moving quickly. I settled the crosshairs and took the shot. It felt good but she ran down over a hill out of sight. All the other deer scattered and I thought I might get a shot at another one as they worked their way back through the wood lot but they passed me out of range.

After about 20 minutes I climbed down, quickly found my arrow and began to follow the good blood trail in the snow. There is something special about tracking a arrow hit deer in the snow. Once I got to the edge of the drop off she was laying about 20 yards down over the side. Interestingly, two the bucks were still standing over top of her. They both looked like decent eight points.

She is one of the biggest does I have ever shot. No idea why she wasn't bred already but she definitely was in heat. Today was the best rut action I have seen all season, lol.

I just love the late season for archery hunting especially if it's cold and there is snow. When I was driving out there were deer everywhere out feeding. In my mind, the late season is some of the best hunting of the year.