Thread: do you shoot hinds???

I mainly shoot hinds - I seem to come across them more. That said, I fully endorse the herd management through shooting hinds ethos, so given the option would take the hind.
Shooting spikers as first choice has always confused me. If you’re worried about trophy potential, why would you shoot a young deer with no idea as to what it may grow into?🤔

Still waiting to shoot my first deer, but I'm in for the meat as trophys are not a drawcard to me

Twice this yr iv shot hinds and the 5-6month old fawns hangs around makes for a easy shot,bloody tasty too.

To do your bit for herd management we should be shooting more hinds. First on the list is a yearling hind for me, then a hind.

Yup, shoot Hinds at any time of year. Also lots of yearlings. Very few stags though

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I don’t see enough animals that I can afford to be choosy.

Yes but my first choice is fat deer.

I'll shoot hinds when I can but not between January and March when they will have fawns afoot. Otherwise if it's brown it's down.

Don't get much choice in DOC bush, take the first one come across as a day hunter, from past experience it will be the one and only one to be seen for the rest of the day.
Also the first one is generally a shorter distance to lug back.

YES

Originally Posted by Chur Bay

I'll shoot hinds when I can but not between January and March when they will have fawns afoot. Otherwise if it's brown it's down.

January? Reds drop in November..what species are you hunting?

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

January? Reds drop in November..what species are you hunting?

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Yeah they do, and have fawns at foot

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In areas I hunt often enough to know or observe that numbers are high I shot a hind every time to try do my bit for population control. Usually i shoot them last day and shoot the one with the easiest recovery.

I've not had too much issue finding deer in the last few years so my trips would be short and boring if I just killed the first deer I saw. That's why I'm usually looking for a mature stag and work on the basis of only shooting females (better to eat and realistically when solo in the alps most of the time you cant get all the meat of a stag out anyway so less wasted with a hind) unless its a PB, a clearly mature animal, or an obvious cull (like seriously obvious not just short or missing a few points).

My view is everyone CAN do what they want but general courtesy dictates that if you have the choice and truly only care about meat why shoot a young stag that could be a trophy for someone who does care some day. Like if you leave that stag and look a bit longer chances are you will find a hind thats better for meat and population control and doesn't take away from the opportunity of the guy that does want to chase a big old stag one day. Its not to dissimilar to in life I think if there's something you can do that takes 5 extra minutes and saves someone hours then you should do it and visa versa.

Plus I never really saw the point of having 50 young heads in the rafters when you could have a few old buggers on the wall.

Also should probably say that this really only applies during the roar and for hunting open tops where opportunity's are pretty common, the guys bush stalking in the harder months that dont get the chance to see many I say take what you can.

I shoot hinds any time except when they have fawns at foot. Happy as to shoot pregnant hinds as they are pregnant 236 days a year and you know the fawn dies quickly.

Something that always makes me smile is people shooting what they think are poor quality stags and say they have taken it out of the "gene pool". What a hoot - you would need to shoot a zillion to make any difference. And mostly I suspect they are young animals.

Far better to shoot hinds so that there is competition amongst the stags so the biggest, bravest and fittest stags get to serve the hinds while the inferior ones sulk in the corner. I sulked a lot like that when I was a teenager.

I shoot about 50 deer a year. I try to shoot hinds and does if they present themselves but am guilty of shooting stags for meat. I don't (mostly) shoot stags with obvious potential. But I'm an imperfect person, and really do like killing shit so make the odd indiscretion