I don't like to shoot yearling animals, period. I try to harvest the game that has the same amount of experience I have.

I'll smoke a 1.5 year old doe all day long. But they get a pass for being a yearling in my neck of the woods.

IMO, it is like killing the birds that nest in my wreaths. They have no experience. I hunt for mature animals because it is hard. Really hard. If I want good meat, I shoot a doe (Do this anyway for herd purposes).

You do what you want, I do what I want, GAME ON.