Question: “Not sure what to do when it comes to this deer hunting scenario. I have recently started bow hunting again and I am not sure about shooting does with fawns. I have passed up several doe because of this and I am not sure if the fawns will survive the winter if I harvest the doe. I hunt in Wisconsin and the winters can be bad. I would rather see the doe and her young walk and hopefully make it through the winter than shoot the doe and have the fawns die. What is the best answer from a deer management and deer hunting standpoint?”
Deer Management: If we are asking the “shoot does with fawns” question from an ethical standpoint you first have to decide on your own. What you consider ethical may not be what other hunters classify as ethical. Same goes for the decision to shoot a fawn. From a deer management and deer numbers standpoint I could justify shooting a doe if we were trying to reduce the overall deer population or improve the buck to doe ratio. Continue reading Shooting Does with Fawns While Deer Hunting