Heres a nice blurb from Alabama just to lube the conversation into considering what the downside is to not shooting enough deer (trying to protect BB).

"THINNING THE HERD In some cases, clubs and landowners need to re-evaluate their self-imposed restrictions on does. Several target only big mature does because they have an aversion to shooting fawns and yearlings - sometimes out of fear that the little ones are button bucks.
The result is that more young mouths are left to eat the available food. The problem isn't helped by the people who refuse to shoot does in January because the animals might be pregnant, or others who don't shoot them in October and November because they're still nursing.
"We've done too good a job convincing people not to shoot button bucks," Chris admitted. "This has hurt the doe harvest. My philosophy is if deer numbers are way too high for the habitat, I tell people not to worry about the size of the does. They just need to take out deer, as long as they're not taking out a huge percentage of buck fawns.
"You have got to take some bad with the good," he added. "It's not a mortal sin to kill a button buck. It's not the end of the world."http://www.alabamagameandfish.com/al_aa120103a/




Does Pa want herd reductions..... or don't they?