ORIGINAL: GMMAT
BC, seriously......what's so hard to understand about a deer herd that is over-abundant.....and a female deer target in front of you offering a shot? I think that's a fair question. What should the responsible hunter do when faced withthis scenario.
I'm genuinely interested in what the responsible, ecperienced deer hunter should do in this scenario.
Well, if I want to kill that deer, I am going to fire at that deer. I have went thru stages where I desired the meat of a 50-60lb fawn. In fact, I soughtit. But then I go thru what others have and maybe felt wrong about it. Felt, the 10-15lbs of meat you get really isn't worth it, and don't do it anymore. Right now for instance, I miss bowhunting so bad, I would shoot just about anything I had a tag for. In the middle of Oct-Nov., nope, does are going to walk most of the time. What I am saying in a nutshell, is there is no wrong answer, but taking that animal's life just to manage the herd is IMO (you notice I put opinion) is just wrong. QDM just takes the natural spirt out of hunting. At that point, its kinda like ranching. I would just buy my racks off of ebay.
In the end, your the one that has to make these decisions, and whatever any of us thinks doesn't matter as long as your legal. I mean none of us pays your bills or owns your land.