I' m absolutely paranoid about shooting fawns (mistakenly). I' m afraid I' m going to pass up a good doe for fear it will end up being a fawn. I shot a nice doe last week with the bow that I almost passed up cause she had a little stubbier face than normal, like a fawn would. Obviously I can tell a fawn from a mature deer if I have enough time to scrutinize it but we don' t always. Sometimes a brisk walk through a shooting lane is the only look we get.

Does anyone else have this problem / worry?

BTW: This isn' t a judgement against those who shoot fawns purposely. My hunting buddy shoots the first deer that presents itself. I myself have shot two. The first bothered me terribly. I took her opening day of muzzleloader a few years ago. The second one bothered me very little. I took her the last hour of late muzzleloader. My question isn' t about the ethics of shooting fawns (no spots). It' s about stressing out if you don' t want to shoot one.

Just curious.