Take the big or little doe?
Well, I have a choice to make. Doe shooting is available shortly and I've been watching a doe with what appears to be 4 offspring. 1 button buck and 3 doe fawns. I could take one of the young ones or I could take the mother doe. If I take the big doe, I have more meat, but I'm concerned that the younger ones need her for the rest of the year before they can make it on their own. If I take a young doe I have some tender eating, and I have enough so that I don't need the extra meat. But.... killing a first year doe leaves me a little uneasy.
I'm not about to let them all pass. What would you hunters do? I know I'm going to face this issue in the next few days as muzzloading season is only a week long.