I am a meat hunter also, for moral, ethical,environmental, spiritual and health reasons. Not for economic reasons. I realize that legally taken venison is very expensive. I have issues with animal agriculture in the US, and prefer to take wild meat. High deer populations are detrimental to northern forested ecosystems, and I try to do my part for the good of the land.

I will usually shoot any deer that presents a safe, clean kill opportunity. I would probably pass on an exceptionally small fawn, and I would probably pass on any fawn during the first 2 hours of opening morning gun. Bucks yeild more meat than does. A yearling buck will easily yeild as much or more meat than a mature doe, even if the doe weighs more. Doesn't matter, I'll shoot either. The smaller the deer, the less risky of a shot I'll take at it. If I'm going to shoot a small deer, I want a good clean kill on it.