ORIGINAL: Windwalker7
To be honest, I even have a problem with someone shooting a sow that has cubs with it. I know that fawn deer will be ok without mom but I think a small cub would have a hard time making it with out its mom.
I believe they stay with their mom for about 2 years.
I think if baiting were made legal and sows with cubs off limits that would be a whole lot better than the way the PGC does it now.
People think that by allowing baiting hunters would kill too many, but if cubs and sows with cubs were off limits then they wouldn't put such a hurting on the population. Similar to how point restrictions on deer are helping increase the number of bucks.
I believe that is why your allowed cubs.You shoot the mother and what are the chances of the small ones to survive?Better to put out of misery now so they don't suffer from starve or freeze to death. Baiting,You know what the SGL would look like if was allowed to bait them? What a mess at the least.