Do you shoot pregnant does?

[Rusty]

Do you shoot does after the rut?

Why or why not?     

[Caveman]

If you are going to kill them pre rut, I don't see why you wouldn't do it post-rut. Either way, you have taken out her and her potential offspring.

[mowin]

17 minutes ago, Caveman said:

If you are going to kill them pre rut, I don't see why you wouldn't do it post-rut. Either way, you have taken out her and her potential offspring.

Agree 100%.. 

Last yrs holiday hunt our group took 8 doe off the properties we hunt. 5 were pregnant. 

[nywaw]

Yes and because it's colder.  Early season is a such a rush job to get a deer out of the woods and butchered or to a butcher.

[BowmanMike]

I would if I still need meat. The last couple of years I got done early though...

[Bucksnbows]

1 hour ago, Rusty said:

Do you shoot does after the rut?

Why or why not?     

Yes and because you make me. 

Edited September 15 by Bucksnbows

[Belo]

a deer that will likely be bred and one that is already bred are one in the same for me. I prefer a late season doe. They've served their purpose as bait, their fawns are even further along in their journey and the weather and conditions are a lot better to track and hang. 

[Moho81]

Never even gave it a thought, I'm not @2BuckBizCT I'll always shoot a doe.

[Wolc123]

When given a choice, I prefer to kill the doe and their offspring separately before the rut, rather than the post-rut “package deal”.  The last post-rut doe that I killed was more than 4 years ago.  
 

That’s just a personal preference thing, because I think any living thing deserves a birth.  For that reason, I always feel a touch of remorse, after killing a post-rut doe.   
 

I have done it many times and I will continue when and if I get the chances, because it’s not all about me and my feelings. I feel an obligation to fill those antlerless tags, for both the good of the deer herd itself and for other people who would benefit from a lower deer population.  
 

I am going to try and fill my last available dmp tag with a mature, non-pregnant doe, this weekend.  As long as her fawn(s) don’t have spots, I won’t feel any remorse.  
 

 

[mowin]

10 minutes ago, Wolc123 said:

That’s just a personal preference thing, because I think any living thing deserves a birth.  For that reason, I always feel a touch of remorse, after killing a post-rut doe.   

 

 

 

I always feel a little remorse walking up to a deer I've shot regardless of which season. 

[dbHunterNY]

yes if i'm shooting then. pretty much all the doe should be pregnant after the rut. I do preach to shoot doe early for multiple reasons though. hunting pressure hasn't pushed them into inaccessible pockets of cover prior. no wasted buck effort. also it lets you focus on hunting bucks when they're most vulnerable. minimally better buck to doe ratio during peak breeding too you might be able to justify. 

[Larry]

If you kill a doe in November there's a good chance that the doe you shoot is pregnant. To me there's no difference if I kill that doe in October when it has the potential to get pregnant or in November or December when that doe is probably pregnant. If l have a tag I'm going to fill it. It not like you're shooting it in April or May.

[grampy]

Just shoot the dang doe! Does it really matter if it's preggo or not? Not to me it doesn't.

[BowmanMike]

3 hours ago, Wolc123 said:

When given a choice, I prefer to kill the doe and their offspring separately before the rut, rather than the post-rut “package deal”.  The last post-rut doe that I killed was more than 4 years ago.  
 

That’s just a personal preference thing, because I think any living thing deserves a birth.  For that reason, I always feel a touch of remorse, after killing a post-rut doe.   
 

I have done it many times and I will continue when and if I get the chances, because it’s not all about me and my feelings. I feel an obligation to fill those antlerless tags, for both the good of the deer herd itself and for other people who would benefit from a lower deer population.  
 

I am going to try and fill my last available dmp tag with a mature, non-pregnant doe, this weekend.  As long as her fawn(s) don’t have spots, I won’t feel any remorse.  
 

 

I think that is a little funny. You don't want to kill a month old bean sized embryo but are ok shooting the equivalent of a 6 year old kid? That is about the age of a button buck transferred to human years...

Hard to squeeze a full life into that time frame...but whatever floats your boat,I just don't get the " reasoning".

[Wolc123]

23 minutes ago, BowmanMike said:

I think that is a little funny. You don't want to kill a month old bean sized embryo but are ok shooting the equivalent of a 6 year old kid? That is about the age of a button buck transferred to human years...

Hard to squeeze a full life into that time frame...but whatever floats your boat,I just don't get the " reasoning".

You got your reasons and I got mine.  It’s not imperative that they match, here on this side of the pond.