question about doe calls...help!!!

[Andrea]

I need to know when to use doe-in-estrus calls. Do you have to know there is a buck nearby first or can you actually call one in with it? Also...can you scare other does away when you use it? I have had no luck with it so far. Right now in Florida we are full swing into the rut. I'd love to hear anyone's opinion on this please. Thanks. <font color="brown"> </font> <font color="blue"> </font>

[chicks_hunt_to]

well i know that we called a buck in but care full or it will scare does but that is here in the panhandle

[HuntingInMaine]

In Maine we have used the doe in heat "can" with great success. My fiance called in a buck and a couple does (at different times) with it. We have been using it during the rut, but may be different down where you are. Good luck!

[Andrea]

Thanks. I am not sure if it's different down here but I do know that I must not be doing something right. I used a grunt after an 8 point and some does came in but they were completely oblivious to me. They had "other" things on their mind! I've got about 3 more weeks left in this season to try it again.

[Andrea]

I kinda thought that it might scare the does away too. I think that I might just do what I have been doing and scrap the doe call. I haven't used any scent lures or rattles or anything. I have let the corn bring them in and have taken an 8 ptr and a 4 ptr in one week. Wish we had the giants like ya'll do in Texas!

[Andrea]

Yeah, I heard some good ones about hunting in Texas. Is it true they sell bags of corn at McDonalds?
Some guy told me that and I wondered if he was just pulling my leg.

[Andrea]

What have you killed this year? And almost everyone types "lol" on their messages. What does that mean? Sorry, but I am fairly new at this.

[Andrea]

Well, last year I got a 5 point, an 8 pt and a 9 pt.
We only get one week to shoot does with rifles in Florida. And it seems like they know when that week rolls around because they are hiding somewhere. ( In my neck of the woods anyway) I would love to come hunting over there. Do you know how much a license would cost me?

[chicks_hunt_to]

this year i got an antelope and some squirrels some praire dogs and rabbits birds last year an 8 point and s