if the deer herd was what it was 5 years ago in my area, it would take a well placed arrow...alot of my areas were real similar to your area in NC before we underwent herd reduction...large numbers of deer and buck to doe ratio was horrible. now things are IMO dang near perfect in most my areas....i hunt the bucks...let the rifle hunters take care of the does...they complain about no deer but STILL drag out does...

if im in an area i still see a ton of deer, like where i killed my BB in flintlock season this year, i wont hesitate to take a yearling, or any doe for the freezer. i THOUGHT my BB was a doe...it was a quick situation and pretty hectic couple minutes...2 yearlings came running right towards me...i thought they were both doe fawns..turned out to be a button buck...i still would bet them both to be does not BBs...oh well...

that area is out of whack majorly and still has a ton too many deer because noone doe hunts. the land owners "trophy buck hunt" and only allow us down in the flintlock season...they say they have no problem with us because they know we usually take does, and even if we took bucks, they wouldnt care because they kill theirs every year regaurdless...