RE: who really pratices?
I will shoot about any deer that's not a fawn with my bow. I have passed on several nice deer because they were does or does with yearlings, and ended up not getting deer at all at those places. I later learned that those yearlings were probably not too far off from being separated from mom anyway. I feel like it's fine to do since I rarely get a shot with my bow anyway. Rifle is probably a little different story. I don't blame someone though if they want to shoot a nice deer that's underneath them...Some people don't need a "trophy sized deer," they just want a "trophy experience." Some people merely like to deer hunt. In Oklahoma, you're not going to see many magazine cover bucks, just nice bucks and nice does with good meat.