like what Bill Winke, I think it was, wrote in one of his articles lately about taking does early and how it helped "hone" his shooting-at-real-deer mentality; I agree.
Just personal preference, I guess.....but I think this statement is sending the wrong signal to young and new deer hunters.
I read a story here, last year.....about a guy shooting a doe.....and the fawn following him to his truck. I read another one where the guy left a carcass hung on a meat pole while they ate lunch.....only to come outside and see her fawn milling around the carcass.
I'm a man....I'm 41 yrs old....and that kinda stuff just honestly gets to me. We're lucky in NC.....we don't have to harvest a doe before we can harvest a buck. It would make things difficult, for me, during our early season (we open 9/9). I've also got acquaintences who would harvest the fawn with the doe. No hesitation.
You make the call! I'm luck in that I know 3 or 4 groups of does and where they bed. I've seen the fawns (I think). it'll have to bea CLEAR 'loner' for me to shoot, early.
Jeff