Deer Hunting (Question)

[IQ89]

You guys who hunt,

If you see an adult female deer (doe), and her newborn is nearby, will you go ahead a shoot the doe leaving the baby to fend for itself? [This doesn't have to apply to deer; any animal with a baby will do. I'm just curious if you'd have any qualms about knowingly making a baby animal an orphan.]

[CrashPat]

By hunting season a fawn can fend for itself, so yes. I would actually consider shooting the fawn because they taste better.

[edfurlong]

Of course, you don't make a super fawn without some character building.

[Bodhisattva]

I don't hunt but my answer is no

[GGrey]

I believe the correct answer is having a buddy take out the fawn while you pop the doe



...But I don't hunt.

[cold_cash]

I've never been deer hunting, but everyone I know does it.

My understanding is that if you go deer hunting and shoot a doe, you're a pud. Also, many places only let you harvest a doe by drawing a special tag, otherwise you can only legally shoot a buck.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Also, many places only let you harvest a doe by drawing a special tag, otherwise you can only legally shoot a buck.

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It depends on the local deer population. This year in Northern WI, doe tags were unlimited and $2 apiece.

[Bork]

I encounter many many deer every year at close range, and I am not looking for them. Whenever I turn on the outdoor channel the dudes are acting like they need to be silent ninjas and tactical geniuses to take them out... Why would you even consider shooting the doe, when there are probably other juicy simple bucks roaming right around the corner. Of course if you are trying to limit the population for whatever reason might as well kill them all.

[cold_cash]

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Also, many places only let you harvest a doe by drawing a special tag, otherwise you can only legally shoot a buck.

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It depends on the local deer population. This year in Northern WI, doe tags were unlimited and $2 apiece.

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That's why I said "many places".

And you could really kill as many doe as you wanted for two dollars apiece? That sounds crazy/unbelievable.

[RunyonAve]

Due to my lack of love for Disney movies, the fawn and the newborn would both catch a bullet.