RE: Taking does early?
My family will eat just 3 deer a year, so I tag two does right off the bat and spend the rest of the season looking for a big boy. I see lots of does with fawns, and I always let them walk. I always seem to find my two doe pretty early with out fawns.
I know others who will tag the fawn and call it good. Very tender meat, and you dont have to worry about leaving an animal to suffer.