I think it was Patton who said.....(and I'll paraphrase)...The object of war is not to die for your country. The object of war is to make the other guy die for his.

I'll take the one punch knock out.

Jim.....You've never faced the situation I face here. That little doe will require the same amount of food to sustain as an older doe will throughout the winter, and there's only so much to go around. If I only had 2, 3, 4 tags??? Sure. I'd take the older gals. I have unlimited tags for does....and I've been advised to take ANY female deer.

Any moral dilemma I face is mitigated by the overpopulation issue.

I've said it before.....and I'll say it again. Hunting is VERY personal. My preference would be to hunt for A doe and A buck every season. I might get to a point where I do that, even here. But in making that choice.....I see that as being VERY selfish. The overall good of the many....vs. the demise of a few......is the ideology umbrella I'm working under.