It depends on where I am hunting. I will not shoot a fawn anywhere though.

When I hunt in Vermont, I will absolutely shoot a 1 1/2 year doe, but will pass on a 1 1/2 year buck during archery because I know I will get a shot at a doe if I put the time in. The horns on a 1 1/2 year animal mean nothing to me so I might as well let him go and shoot a doe instead because a 1 1/2 year animal is simply meat in my eyes. In Vermont, a buck that is 2 1/2 years is a shooter IMHO though, you don't see many that old at all up there, maybe once every 3 years if you actually put time in (pretty sad). I am allowed to shoot 2 archery deer in VT though per year, if I fill my first tag with a doe I won't fill the other unless it is a buck. I let a lot of does walk this way usually. If I didn't grow up hunting there, and it wasn't tradition with friends and family, I wouldn't bother to be honest. The tags are cheap though.

In PA when I hunt, I also won't shoot fawns either........but would shoot a 1 1/2 year doe and will not shoot a buck unless it is at least 100" class. The rule on my fathers farm down in PA is 8 points, or a deer that looks wider than it's ears (basically a 3 1/2 year).

I don't shoot many bucks these days, only 3 in the last 5 years but I always have venison and end up spending more time in the woods this way anyhow which I really like lots. I used to tag out in the first week almost every year, and then not be able to go out but now I spend more time out there which is what I like most.