ethical question

[Donaye37]

lets say your hounds treed a nice bobcat (or you called in a nice bobcat), and you find that the bobcat has two cubs with it, what do you do. do you shoot the  mom and leave the babies, or shoot and harvest all three, or do you let them go and hope for a single cat to grab? i ask because if the situation was to arise, im wanting the bobcat for its pelt, so that would be three pelts right there with the two cubs, but they are cubs so idk if i could shoot em?

[Tony]

Game regs. say you can't hunt bobcats with dogs but without if appears to be legal but maybe i missed something. Personally I'd let them walk just my 

[wablkandtan]

Let em walk.  Take a Tom instead.  You will be happier with the larger animal.

[Machias]

Pass on the moms with babies of any species...cannot run bobcats with dogs.  IF your dogs chase one, say while you are out coon hunting.  As soon as you get to the tree and look up and see a Robert staring back down at you, you better leash them dogs and get out of there quick.  Don't take photos, don't do anything other than leash your dogs and leave.

[Kain]

If I could run cats with dogs I would pass on the females whenever possible. 

[pianoman9701]

Don't shoot mom cats. Only Tom cats

[dirty24d]

Pass on the moms with babies of any species...cannot run bobcats with dogs.  IF your dogs chase one, say while you are out coon hunting.  As soon as you get to the tree and look up and see a Robert staring back down at you, you better leash them dogs and get out of there quick.  Don't take photos, don't do anything other than leash your dogs and leave.

 

[demontang]

I would pass on any thing that had young with it except a yote

[Woodchuck]

Why is a yote different?

[demontang]

Coyotes are a completly different animal then a cat or bear or what ever. They have helpers once the pups are out and about and when they are big enough to go on a hunt they have the helpers to teach them if there mothers gone. I wont hunt in the spring when they are in a den cause thats when they will starv and not survive. When I start calling I normaly get the pups first anyway cause they arnt as smart as the adults but if the adults come in I try for them.

Did you know when an area is hunted for yote and you start killing them that the females have more pups and the population grows faster? You have to keep at them or the numbers will be higher then before you started.

[Woodchuck]

I did not know that. Was just posing the question. 

[jackmaster]

find a tom to kill, i know its just a question but why would anyone want to kill a bobcat with babies , or any other animal for that matter, even if it was legal which it aint, why would anyone want to, makes zero sense to me

[pjb3]

I think the regs say no cats with spots are legal? Maybe its just lion

I would not take them anyway, NOT ETHICAL in my book

[ICEMAN]

Good job asking fellow hunters regarding ethics and the laws. Good luck on the hunt.

[runamuk]

find a tom to kill, i know its just a question but why would anyone want to kill a bobcat with babies , or any other animal for that matter, even if it was legal which it aint, why would anyone want to, makes zero sense to me

I'll take that....if we are assuming the entire reason for killing predators to begin with is to reduce population then it would seem to make sense that population is population so any dead predator reduces population.    not trying to argue and I dont think I could kill a baby critter unless it was sick or injured but thats me...