TreeStandBowHunter Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 My opinion is I don't think your typical hunter tries to kill a doe with babies....especially this late in the game but it's one of those things I guess that goes along with the sport. If I still had doe tags left for that season, you betcha I would take a doe. It's sorta darned if you do and darned if you don't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Re: late season does Lets face it eh...this time of the year, most does have been bred and are pregnant. I think they have a late doe season in some areas on purpose, because of over population problems, and don't mind seeing the unborn get cut from the herd as well. You'd have to be a magician to figure out which does are pregnant and which , if any, aren't this time of the year. Go for it, and get yourself a nice big mature doe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoyt_hunter Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Re: late season does i havent heard of any unborns around hear. but hearing your story would not prevent me from taking a doe this late in the season. buckee is right there are overpopulation problems and there is a reason for late season does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okbowman Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Re: late season does It doesn't make a difference if you kill them now or in October, you effectively would have taken the same 3 deer out of the herd then too. Only she wouldn't have been pregnant yet because she wouldn't have been there to get pregnant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Re: late season does Ohio's herd continues to grow, and will be even bigger next year as it seems Ohio will fall short of its predicted/goal kill. Having said that, I wouldn't hesitate at all to shoot a doe. Now all I have to do is get one close enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tyshe17 Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Re: late season does okbowman hit it on the head. Almost every doe gets breed every year, and a lot of the times they have twins (if nutrition is good and so on) so killing a deer opening day of the season or the last has the same effect on the heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Re: late season does Wasn't there a thread like this yesterday? I posted the same response. If you really wanted to get philosophical, you killed a thousand deer or more by taking that one doe out. Just a matter how you want to look at it. Personally if anyone says you are wrong about killing a pregnant deer just ask them if they eat eggs. Nuff Said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ILclimber Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Re: late season does I also have had second thoughts on taking does in the late season, but that is the risk you take. I have never seen a doe that I have taken carrying any offspring but it could happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gitcha_some Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Re: late season does the same thing happened to me last year it was kinda wierd seeing a little deer that i could fit in my hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bownarow Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Re: late season does The gestation period on a whitetail is around 200-210 days. You can probably figure that some of the does were bred up 60 days ago. That would mean the fawns are around 30% developed. When you take a doe out the herd in late season, she is most likely carrying some stage of offspring. But like it has already been stated, no matter what time of year you were to harvest a particular doe, you would still be preventing the birth of the same fawn(s). I've never had any issue with harvesting a doe in the late season. IMO, It's no different than harvesting a doe in the early season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest buddy ahart Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: late season does [ QUOTE ] It doesn't make a difference if you kill them now or in October, you effectively would have taken the same 3 deer out of the herd then too. Only she wouldn't have been pregnant yet because she wouldn't have been there to get pregnant. [/ QUOTE ] Couldnt agree more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitRmisS Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: late season does [ QUOTE ] Wasn't there a thread like this yesterday? I posted the same response. If you really wanted to get philosophical, you killed a thousand deer or more by taking that one doe out. Just a matter how you want to look at it. Personally if anyone says you are wrong about killing a pregnant deer just ask them if they eat eggs. Nuff Said. [/ QUOTE ] thats a good point, so i have to agree it doesnts matter when you shoot them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedicast Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: late season does [ QUOTE ] Lets face it eh...this time of the year, most does have been bred and are pregnant. I think they have a late doe season in some areas on purpose, because of over population problems, and don't mind seeing the unborn get cut from the herd as well. You'd have to be a magician to figure out which does are pregnant and which , if any, aren't this time of the year. Go for it, and get yourself a nice big mature doe. [/ QUOTE ] Around here it is exactly like Buckee said. Oir January season is i nthe most densely populated ( by both deer and human)part of the state. It is the part of the state with the highest deer density, and some of the hardest areas to gain permission to hunt. It is definately used as a deer mamagement tool in the areas of Connecticut open to January hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Shooter Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: late season does Several places here in the south, the rut hits at odd times and Does have fawns growing in them. I hunted Georgia a few years back and in November on the first Doe day weekend in November. At a meat processor's, he said he had five Doe's come in with soft-balled sized fawns in them. It's all a part of the attrition of hunting, I figure better a hunter get the Doe and control the population than a car, a coyote, or other predator. It'll not change my views on taking some Doe's out of the herd. JMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEAVIER_THAN_STEEL Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: late season does Thats Wierd but cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longislandhunter Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Re: late season does Only one time while field dressing a doe did I find unborn fawns inside her and I have to admit I did feel terrible, but like some of the others have said, there's no way for a hunter to know. With that in mind I do, and will continue to, take a late season doe if I get a good shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Re: late season does I'll bet your not a "Pro-Choice" kinda guy!!! WEll anyways..I take my does early in the seson, that way I can hunt bucks, if your doe population is high, and you must shoot them this late, that just goes with the territory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Re: late season does It's like the hunters that say they won't shoot does in front of fawns or if they have fawns in the area. Why? Just because they don't have fawns in the immediate aree doesn't mean they don't have fawns somewhere. By hunting you choose to involve yourself in nature. I shoot deer and to me that's natur-al. Just hunt the dang things and quit worrying about what others think. If you do it and enjoy it then why knit pick at what types of it is ok and what is not. Just hunt. It's hard enough to kill 'em without getting picky over what type you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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