I was wondering how everyone comes down on this. In the last month or so we have been going through some ethics questions, why do you hunt and how long without a deer. I hunt in an area where the deer are truely out of control. I have several yards that herds (1-3 dozen sometimes more) come through daily some 3 times a day (really they never leave the general area they just wonder back and forth. They went unlimited this year begging the bow hunters to kill as many Does as possible.

Here is the question, is it unethical to not kill Does like they want you to and only enjoy the hunt without the kill? If I start to kill the Does, they will begin to change their patterns hence screwing up my hunting spots. They will reroute themselves through other yards where I may not have access. It will obviously reduce the number of deer in the area. How would I have the time to handle a ton of dead deer. Even Hunters for The Hungry want the deer skinned and quartered.

I pose this because some hunt to control a heathy population. Some say they hate it when deer have been hit by cars.