Did anyone see Bill Winke's short article on shooting doe? I thought is was very informative, to the point, and made several good points about why it is important to shoot doe. I couldn't find it on their website, but if you have the mag and glossed over it - it is worth the read.
key points:
1) does control the population (which can greatly help hunting - buck/doe ratios, etc.)
2) certain aged does can effect what deer ar born (older doe tend to produce doe fawns, whereas young doe tend to have buck fawns)
3) also, young doe tend to have single fawns, old doe tend to have twins (another key for herd management)

i have read it and i enjoyed it very much thanx.

Does anyone nowadays acutally object to hunting does in this day and age (of course, meaning in areas where it's allowed?) I thought this question was answered about 20 years ago! I'm not asking this of the original poster (thanks for the excellent posting and pointer to the article), but I'm just wondering if anyone still needs persuasion and if there's still folks who think it's unethical to kill does.

you would really be suprised. I still talk with hunters (both here and in person) that still will not shoot doe and even worse, they don't have any "good" reason for it (ie - they don't realize/understand the management aspects related to doe harvest)