Can Bow hunters shoot does?

Scar Face · 08-29-2007, 07:35 PM

I've heard lately of some people bragging about shooting does with their bows. Looking at the regs, I think a deer here on the Westside has to be a fork or better unless you draw a doe/spike tag which starts mid October. Am I correct or is there a section I'm missing?

Archer1000 · 08-29-2007, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Scar Face

I've heard lately of some people bragging about shooting does with their bows. Looking at the regs, I think a deer here on the Westside has to be a fork or better unless you draw a doe/spike tag which starts mid October. Am I correct or is there a section I'm missing?

If you read the blue print at the bottom, it gives you certain units that you can kill either sex. Elk and deer. Also, in the front of the synopsis there is a section that tells you the changes to the regs for this year. It's perfectly fine. One deer or one elk.

H2Ofuzz · 08-29-2007, 08:14 PM

My question it can we shoot any deer in alsea or any Doe and a buck must have atleast a fork. Or is it any deer? Thanks

Jeremy · 08-29-2007, 09:32 PM

Any deer means "Any deer", doe, fawn, spike, fork, 4 point whatever you want to shoot as long as its a deer.

alwyze fishin · 08-30-2007, 01:10 AM

first off if you are out there huntin this is sometging you SHOULD KNOW. there is no reason for these knid of things to be asked . i'll even bet for the ones asking this kind of stuff you dont have a copy of the regs with you while out hunting

QH's Paw · 08-30-2007, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by alwyze fishin

first off if you are out there huntin this is sometging you SHOULD KNOW. there is no reason for these knid of things to be asked . i'll even bet for the ones asking this kind of stuff you dont have a copy of the regs with you while out hunting

Ask away, the dumb question is the one you don't ask.
As for the statement you should have regs when you hunt, it kind of discounts the statement "SHOULD KNOW" previously stated. I'm not trying to get in a shoving match or a shoveling match

. I'm just saying this is the perfect place to post a hunting or fishing related question.
I'm guessing the member who originally asked the question was hunting as if "forked buck only" until he got an answer or clarification or hasn't been out yet. Give the guy a break.

H2Ofuzz · 08-30-2007, 05:50 AM

Well before you get all wound up how about you pick up the regs your self and reed them and tell me what it said. Becouse it said antlerless on one line then any deer on the next now if you can explain that to me then more power to you. But you need to have more respect for people and dont just jump to conclusions.

Flat Lander · 08-30-2007, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Scar Face

I've heard lately of some people bragging about shooting does with their bows. Looking at the regs, I think a deer here on the Westside has to be a fork or better unless you draw a doe/spike tag which starts mid October. Am I correct or is there a section I'm missing?

I have the ODFW site on my favorites. You can look at the regulations at anytime. I always have one in the rig as well. Here is the link and it looks like the deer info is on page 55

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/hunting/big_game/

* Wildlife Management Units where the bag limit for archery deer hunters include anterless animals are listed below.

One Deer During Buck Seasons:

Alsea, Biggs, Columbia Basin (portions of the unit are closed to bowhunting- see above), Hood, Indigo, Maupin,

McKenzie, Melrose, Saddle Mt, Santiam, Scappoose, Siuslaw, Stott Mt, Trask, White River (outside the NF), Willamette, and Wilson.

Scar Face · 08-30-2007, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Flat Lander

I have the ODFW site on my favorites. You can look at the regulations at anytime. I always have one in the rig as well. Here is the link and it looks like the deer info is on page 55

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/hunting/big_game/

* Wildlife Management Units where the bag limit for archery deer hunters include anterless animals are listed below.

One Deer During Buck Seasons:

Alsea, Biggs, Columbia Basin (portions of the unit are closed to bowhunting- see above), Hood, Indigo, Maupin,
McKenzie, Melrose, Saddle Mt, Santiam, Scappoose, Siuslaw, Stott Mt, Trask, White River (outside the NF), Willamette, and Wilson.

I looked all over the regs trying to find anterless deer and couldn't. I missed the small blue print on page 55 which totally explains it. The areas that I've heard bowhunters getting does is totally legal. Thanks fellow IFISH'ers on all the comments and stearage to the correct location.

Doc_Rhen · 08-30-2007, 03:52 PM

I had read the goofy regs three or four times before I really understood the cryptic message of the blue print at the bottom of the page. Yea dfw good job confusing us again!

Chesapeake · 08-30-2007, 03:59 PM

I'm from Washington and just asking out of curiosity.

So to me it looks like a bow hunter can shoot a doe, or a buck meeting the point restriction for a given unit if there is one.

I dont see the "Any deer" comment anywhere.

Archer1000 · 08-30-2007, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Chesapeake

I'm from Washington and just asking out of curiosity.

So to me it looks like a bow hunter can shoot a doe, or a buck meeting the point restriction for a given unit if there is one.

I dont see the "Any deer" comment anywhere.

It states, "One Deer during Buck Season".. The same for elk on the elk page; I believe it is 83 off the top of head without looking. Good luck everybody. Still waiting for "any" opportunity to feed my freezer.

Matthewc · 08-30-2007, 09:28 PM

Please keep in mind that normaly this info is NOT printed in the regs and is decided upon and handed out and put up on the web by July...

THIS year it must have been predecided and it was added to the regs from the get go but may NOT always be the case and so it is important you look at ODFW web site or go to field office and pickup a copy of FINAL regs changes for bow season deer and elk.......

All of this info also changes year to year based on buck to doe - cow to bull ratios per unit ect...

Honestly I was pleasantly surprised to see it listed in the regs this year...Made it much easyer

Rank Amateur · 08-30-2007, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Archer1000

It states, "One Deer during Buck Season".. The same for elk on the elk page; I believe it is 83 off the top of head without looking. Good luck everybody. Still waiting for "any" opportunity to feed my freezer.

Whoa! There are exceptions on the elk side of the coin, you can't shoot bulls that are less than 3 pts. in the three point units. Yes, you can take a cow, but the spikes and 2 pts are protected.