Rhody Hunter

Gmmat that is the best part in my opinion . I say if you can't deal with the gutting processs with a fawn then then maybe you should leave italone for someone else and just hunt in the fall

Hotburn76

There is a place close to me that gets hunted all year long on them kinda permits. They say its fun, but hate the bugs and sweating. Don't know them well enough to know how they handle it, but I would just be worried about flies and bugs getting into it before you find the deer. If you cant find the deer soon and flies where swarming on it by the time you find it would grouse me out!

bigzombee69

Huntin in Maryland in the early season like that you have to worry about chiggers and lime ticks. I harvested 6 last summer on crop kills and got tor up by mosqiutos and black flies but thats huntin.I killed five does last year and three had fawns inside. Its not to bad, but it is all meat, just wash the meat off really good after butcherin and I keep a cooler full of ice to chill it fast. I shot one I thought was a doe but had a horn come out the head 1/2 inch than around the ear and back into the head so it was probally a good cull buck anyway. That is the only hard part of real early season huntin, some six month old buck might not have anything out the head that early so you got to wait til you got a good look before you regret it. Watch out for snakes to, they love that old seat cushion in tree stands, I found a baby copperhead in mine.

SwampCollie

Two words: Food Pantry.

Lots of game processors work with Buckmasters, or Hunters for the Hungry and will take game donations for free. I shoot a couple of does every year for them, just because we are shooting deer year round.