I guess I am heartless because a yearling doe is fair game in my book.

I will shoot a fawn. My wife likes them more then an older deer. It may take more to fill the freezer but that is fine by me.

No desire to shoot a fawn. Female or not! I shoot plenty of does during the antlerless and urban portions of gun season to help control our deer herd. I've got no problem letting the fawn doe help produce next year's litter. Between my dad, my son, and I, we can take out a good number of does each year!

Same here!

HAHAHA!!!

Jeff - taking that out of context is hilarious. Did I see you on To Catch a Predator???

Yes I will shoot them, they have the perfect size hams for my rotisserie cooker and the crock pot I keep at my office. Sometime if a big doe iswith a little one(no spots of course) I will shoot the bigdoe and then wait a while and try to bleat the fawn back in. Or while I'm trailing the doe once I get to a point where I can see her on the ground I will set up andbleat, sometimes the fawn will respond from nearby. Trust me I know how it sounds but it's all venison and they need thinning, might as well go in my freezer.

I really dont want my first kill to bea fawn. But Im shooting the first thing that walks by my stand.

That's a great outlook for someone in your shoes. You have PLENTY of time to learn what makes you tick. There's no substitute for putting one on the ground, though. I wish I'd done it, sooner.

Absolutely!! I recommend any bowhunter that has never taken a deer, take the first one they can, just to see how it feels, see how nervous you get, see how much your leg shakes when its over, and see how much you love it!

my first doe bowkill was a doe that had just gotten its spots off, it weighed in at 45 pounds at the meat locker..............i slung it over my back to carry it out