I agree with Bowdaddy. Mature does need to be taken, whether or not there are fawns with her. As Bowdaddy stated, animals get more and more rights every year.It's a little sickening. I think the whitetailed deer is one of the most magnificent creatures God in His infinite wisdom created, but He did so for us. We have to remember why we're hunting. Aren't we out there trying to put meat on our table, and also doing our part to control the herds? The only way you can do that is to take the mature does. Like so many before me said, almost every one has a fawn whether you see it or not. They only have 8 weeks with mom anyway, and then the bucks will separate them and the fawns will be exactly where they would have been had you put that venison on your table. Doesn't that sound like the more sensible thing to do? <img src=icon_smile_question.gif border=0 align=middle>