Theyare animalsand I don't assign human characteristics to them.
We start in June - fawns have all dropped.
Take the mother and the youngs are picked up by the other family groups within a day.

Steve

No thanks, I like to have fun when I hunt, and thats not my kind of fun!

If my services were requested in helping out with an overpopulation problem such as the one you describe, I'd have to have a clause in my agreement allowing me to take a buck of a predetermined minimum size.

Not sure I'd do it either, I think they'd benefit from having this type of hunt earlier, in the year, or for a short period before season. I know the ultimate goal is to erradicate part of the herd, but at what cost??? In Ohio when I did this several years ago, we were allowed to use a spotlight, and shoot them with HP Rifles, and it was during the fall when fawns would be easily capable surviving at that point.

I hunt because I love to hunt, and thekilling is part of it, butjust killing deer for monetary gain interest me none.
When the population affects a business interest like farming measures need to be taken.Some are not pleasant.
The timing is something I would have a problem with seems to me late September or early October would be more suited for controlling the population, As being that a doe killed before the rut solves the sameproblem with out the nasty side effects.

As For me, not interested at all, of course the crappies are biting this time of year and when Iclean one all I see are eggs.

X2

I've never really thought of it, but after reading your description of the hunt I'll agree with PEAK!
I would do it if it was mid-Aug or something like that.
However, I understand the need behind it, just not for me, under those circumstances described.

If population control is your main ojective.......

There is NEVER a "bad time" to kill a doe.

If I were a farmer experiencing crop damage issues, I'd view deer hunting and "deer", in general, a lot differently. I see nothing wrong with it. It's good table fare (obviously), and there's really NO REASON to gut the animal. Honestly......the crop damage deer killed, here, are left to lay.

I think anyone who shoots a deer and just leaves them lay only to rot, should themselves be shot and left to rot! What's wrong with donating them to a food bank for less fortunate people to consume?

Jeff....you're looking at this from the eyes of a hunter. The farmers here don't give a rat's ass about hunting. They see deer as rabbits in their garden.....and as pests taking money out of their pockets.

It's not by choice they leave them lay. Depradation permits, here, require it.

Shooting them and leaving them lay happens a lot here also.

Personally I wouldn't have a problem with taking does that time of year. Someone has to control the Doe population, and that control is Not always pretty but very necessary.

Dan