Brown and down?

[Moving2thecountry]

You see a nice sized doe with two fawns in tow in a managed area, what would you do?   I am curious to hear others' thinking on this.

[sjohnnie26]

Had this happen a few weeks ago while bowhunting.  I decided to let them pass as it was still early in the season.  With the rut approaching most does kick their fawns away from them.  At this point in the season I would take her b/c the fawns are old enough to manage on their own.

[Ryan]

I would shoot one of the fawns if you can tell they are not male.

[Moving2thecountry]

On opener, I saw a young man take a doe, and he said he shot a fawn first, then the doe, twice, and said he would have taken the other fawn if he could have found it before it scampered off.  It was a nice doe, and had two wounds, and I heard three shots.  I congratulated him on the doe.  I didn't wait to see him drag the the fawn out of the woods.  But while walking to put up a stand, I thought it was extreme.  Later, on the way home from hunting, I hit a deer, very near where I killed a deer last year. 

So maybe by killing the fawn he just saved somebody else an insurance claim next year.  Who am I to judge?

Still, if the fawn was little, I probably would let it pass.  I am trying for a buck this year, and probably won't take a doe until the last days if I don't see a buck.

We have about four pounds of of venison left in the freezer from the doe I got last year, so one deer should be enough for my family.  I do wish I had made more venison jerky last year, so I think maybe two deer might last a year if I turn a lot of it into jerky.

[jkcmj]

I prefer the young ones for eating, Plus I like to let the does go to be sure them twin tenders keep coming each season.  I let the little buttons pass for the future antlers, but the young does usually get tagged if they come close enough to be sure what they are.  Makes for an easy drag out to!  I have not even seen a doe the opening weekend.  I passed on 3 little bucks and finally took a smaller 8 point.  Going to head out for a late sit now...