ORIGINAL: superstrutter
I personally don't like taking 1 1/2 yr. or older does later in the season. I don't want to take the chance of killing one that may be carrying fawns. I try to take my does in Oct. with bow and muzzleloader before the rut.
It doesnt really matter if you takeem early or later. Those does you took early would have been bred later, also those fawns are the most likely ones to be coming in heat in that second cycle for their first timealong with some does that may not have been bred the first time around. So really it doesnt matter when you decide to harvest your does. WCL