Would you shoot??

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  1. Fitz

    Fitz Legendary Woodsman

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    Dead doe.
     
  2. Otto Dillie

    Otto Dillie Weekend Warrior

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    i would not a fawn needs all the help it can get out there in the woods
     
  3. PSEREVENGEMAN

    PSEREVENGEMAN Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Fawns are always the first winterkill. We take all we can except nubbies.
     
  4. SMG

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    I have no problem shooting the doe.
     
  5. ATbuckhunter

    ATbuckhunter Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I wouldn't because I would hate to take its mother away. I know by hunting season they can handel them selves but its in my head and I couldn't allow myself.
     
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    ISiman/OH Die Hard Bowhunter

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    It's a toss up whether I would shoot the mom or the fawn.
     
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    illinoishunter13 Weekend Warrior

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    shoot the doe and let the fawn go
     
  8. Bowhunter Brown

    Bowhunter Brown Weekend Warrior

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    what if the does have been bread by a huge buck??? You should shoot your does in the early season.
     
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    Tony Legendary Woodsman

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    Antler size comes from monks mostly ...or so they say
     
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    I have plenty of does around so im not to worried about that... I have shot a few does during the early season. Just not with fawns.
     
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    bowsie15 Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Nope!!!!!
     

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