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Author Topic: MI Early Doe Season  (Read 1328 times)

Offline Bear

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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #20 on: September 18, 2009, 08:46:00 PM »
Now that's making lemonade.  :clapper:
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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #21 on: September 18, 2009, 08:56:00 PM »
Congrats!! Very nice start to the season. I hope to join the ranks this weekend   :thumbsup:
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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #22 on: September 18, 2009, 09:36:00 PM »
Thanks guys  :)  

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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #23 on: September 18, 2009, 09:42:00 PM »
Denny, that's inspiration for the rest of us! Thanks for sharing and congrats on a nice doe.

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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #24 on: September 18, 2009, 09:48:00 PM »
Congrats Denny! Nice doe. You just can't beat them for the table.

Our season doesn't start until the first of October, so I have a while to wait. That's okay though as hot as it's been here...mid 80s this week! I was just out practicing in a tee-shirt and shorts and still worked up a sweat. We had fall weather in July and August, now we have August weather as we head into hunting season. Nice to hear you're having hunting weather up that way.

Now it's your turn Josh! Make some meat in the morning.
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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #25 on: September 18, 2009, 10:06:00 PM »
Denny that is one big doe. Do you have any idea thw weight. Our deer down here in the thick woods and swamps generally aren't that big. Congrate's again and good shootin.
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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #26 on: September 18, 2009, 10:11:00 PM »
Nice work. Keep those does thinned down.
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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #27 on: September 18, 2009, 10:12:00 PM »
Nice doe Denny. I haven't been out yet except for squirrels. Taking my young nephew on his first squirrel hunt in the morning.

I'm pretty sure LaClair is out tromping around the woods in his loincloth selfbow hunting the tree rats!
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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #28 on: September 18, 2009, 10:22:00 PM »
Roger, I'll bet the squirrels drop their nuts when they see Ron dressed like that!  :knothead:  

Good luck with your nephew.

flungonin, this doe wasn't real heavy like some of them around here. Maybe dressed out 100# I'd guess.
 
 

This was a big one I shot a couple years ago.
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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #29 on: September 18, 2009, 10:23:00 PM »
Wow thats a big doe.  I bet the kill zone was like the side of barn.  Congrats  :thumbsup:
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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #30 on: September 18, 2009, 11:34:00 PM »
Congrats!!!

Not familiar with the early doe season there in MI. Is it an early / any firearms season???
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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #31 on: September 18, 2009, 11:34:00 PM »
Denny I was talking to the biologist in Rockford this morning while checking in my 95# doe, first he aged her at 3.5 years, second he reminded me that lactation is like the rut for does, they lose body weight all summer while feeding fawns and in September and October they lay on the fat as fast as they can. So no September 130# does. My doe had not hardly an ounce of fat on her.

 
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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #32 on: September 18, 2009, 11:39:00 PM »
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Originally posted by jcar315:
Congrats!!!

Not familiar with the early doe season there in MI. Is it an early / any firearms season???
Last year the Michigan DNR had an early gun doe season that ran 5 days…they’re trying to get the population down (your allowed to bowhunt with the proper orange).  They decided to do it again this year and even though I’m not a fan of people blazing away before bow season in a state where hunting pressure is intense…I do take the opportunity to take my bow and hunt them the fun way!

It is a private ground only hunt.

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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #33 on: September 18, 2009, 11:41:00 PM »
Good job Denny.  Missed one the other morning, shot high.  Hope to correct that tomorrow morning.
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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #34 on: September 18, 2009, 11:55:00 PM »
Congrats. It's always nice punching that first tag early in the season.
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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #35 on: September 19, 2009, 12:54:00 AM »
Seventy pounds..... such a 'girlie bow' for deer...lol.

Looks as though the new WW done well too. Top effort mate.


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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #36 on: September 19, 2009, 01:38:00 PM »
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I'm not in favor of the early doe (firearm) season, but figured I might as well try and enjoy it.  
Got lemons, made lemonade.....nice work Denny.  Sure is nice to break the ice early.  :thumbsup:
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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #37 on: September 19, 2009, 09:10:00 PM »
Congrats on the "lemonade" as Morning Star put it.
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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #38 on: September 19, 2009, 09:15:00 PM »
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Offline IronCreekArcher

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Re: MI Early Doe Season
« Reply #39 on: September 19, 2009, 09:52:00 PM »
I have only been seeing a lot of does with spotted fawns still...just can't bring myself to take momma away from them yet...in fact I think I am gonna hang-up the camo until October rolls around.  The neibhors have been absolutly hammering them with the guns.  I am definitly against the early doe season (I won't participate next year)...I would like to see them not do it next year and I am not so sure the DNR is right is saying there are too many deer anyway.  I think the pressure from the insurance lobbyists is whats driving this season...or greed for money by increasing license sales...just like legalizing crossbows...it does not cost for the crossbow stamp yet...notice I said yet...they will eventually  "[dntthnk]"  

At any rate congrats Denny...it looks like she will be some great table fare.  How did you like the non-vented Woodsmans?  Good performance and blood trail?
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