I'd shoot the doe and if the fawn didn't run off too far, I'd stick her too. Yum, love those lil' ones.

Doesn't it make any of you a little remorseful when you walk up to your downed doe and have the little one(s) watch you drag her off? They will, for a while, keep coming back to look for her. Don't get me wrong, I have done it before, but I choose to no longer do it. The last time I did it, when I walked up to my doe, the fawn was laying beside her. I almost had to kick the fawn to get it to leave. I told myself that evening, I won't do it again, and I haven't. I have plenty of fawnless does to shoot. Now, if I'm looking to get some more meat later in the year, like Dec. or Jan., then those doe fawns better watch out.

I'll let you know ......as soon as this happens. It never has, for me.

I believe that this happens as well. I have seen lone fawns tagging along with other deer. They seem to be tolorated but not totally "Adopted"

I would shoot the yearling over the doe, for the better meat.

the little ones will be fine and i will have meat in my freezer

No. Animals have no soul, no emotional feeling. They do not know sadness, they do not know joy. I know w/out question that some of you are going to argue that, and that's ok. I've seen animals show excitement, but they are incapable of true emotion, as we have. That's what makes humans special. Humans and animals were both created by God, but only humans have body AND soul.

That yearling "watching me drag her off" have absolutely NO idea. It's not like they hold memorial services, and mourn the "loss" of the doe. Animals have survival instinct, a will to live. I think, this is just my belief, but.....I think they have such a strong will to survive because they do not know that death exists.

Nature is a harsh place. Does w/ fawns are killed everyday, be it by car, predator, hunter.......Given the growing population of the whitetailed deer in North America........I'm just guessing that the fawns will be just fine. After a certain age, of course. I realize that a 5 day old fawn cannot survive w/out the doe.

i hope you who say would shot the yearling also are able to tell if its a button buck and letting at least the button buck walk

I don't disagree with you at all. It's just a moral thing. I'm sure I will accidently kill does in the future that have fawns and I know the population will not be adversely affected. I also know the fawns will survive just fine.

I'll shoot momma doe without hesitation. And if the young'ns are big enough, I'll shoot them too.