I myself have never agreed with your ideals when it comes to hunting. I myself think its rather wrong. I realize somebody told you that you should be doing what your doing. But your the one that has to make that decision. I have yet to see an experienced mature bowhunter huntthe way you do.

As long as it gave me the shot I wanted to take,I'd take it

Well actually you came to mind Jeff on this question. if its piebald like the one you took a beating over a couple years ago, im shooting, or an albino fawn. Other option would be for meat. I have ate fawn before and it is the best venison i have had.

I'd take into account the deer population density in my area, and from what I have read that is what most of you are doing. Too many deer for the carrying capacity in the area.....nothing wrong with taking one plus good eating. Reason I don't is because the density in my area is probably what it should be and taking a mature doe is a challenge.

It does not cross my mind any more often than Tiger Woods thinks about stopping at a miniature golf course to just hit a few.[:-]

bigcountry I don't get what u say,what does being an expeirenced hunter have to do with killing a yearling.You sound as if you believe that anyone that kills anything less than a trophy is not a true hunter,I would have to disagree,we must kill does as well as bucks and there is no difference in killing a yearling doe than killing a mature one,other than personel preference.I shoot what I want to shoot when I want to shoot it as long as it is legal.With that said I killed 4 deer this year with one being a decent buck and 3 does 2 of which were yearlings.I passed on six different bucks and several does and yearlings as well.I did this because I wanted to kill some deer,but wanted kill more does than bucks.I have way to many does to bucks on my hunting property and that is the reason I killed only 1 buck so maybe the bucks would get older and bigger.I would have liked to have killed more does,but 3 is the legal limit,by the way our limit is 3 bucks also,not to many years ago I would have killed my 6 deer regardless of size,but now I would like a better class of bucks to choose from,but I have no problem with hunters that choose to kill whatever is legal in their hunting area and it just bugs me to hear someone try to down someone for doing just that.Hunting is something that is very personal for each hunter and we should support ech other regardless of our personal agenga out in the field.

LMAO.....aaahhhhh man, suddenly everybody is judge and jury......

What would it take for me to shoot a doe fawn?? A clear shot and an unfilled tag.

We have had an earn-a-buck deer management program for the last 4-5 years here in my hunting unit here in Wisconsin. What this means is that if you want the opportunity to shoot a buck you must have killed an anterless deer. The tag is good for the season you shoot the deer in and the following season, so if you don't harvest a anterless deer in the season you can't take a poke at a buck.

That being said, in the first few years that this program was implemented, it wasn't that hard to get a non-fawn doe. But due to the large numbers of hunters (earn-a-buck carries over to gun hunting also, so if you want to shoot a buck during bow and gun you need to shoot two does) in the state, the doe population in our area has taken a large hit.

I have yet to run into a situation where I have been unable to harvest a yearling doe (or older), but there have been a few situations (seasons) where if I was sure I was not shooting at a nubbin buck, I would shoot a doe fawn.

I let the fawns walk,altho I did arrow a button many yrs ago,bet it would of been a nice buck too,O-well.....

It doesn't take much... I try to kill one every year. I like deer steak.