Why the little one?

[pup0025]

Those pic's are posters for anti-hunting.

your right.  There are real consequences for what we do.  Accidents happen.  But look at your bottom quote.  If this was a kids first deer or something then ok. High fives are due.  I guess I was taught a little different than others but shooting a fawn is something I wouldnt do on purpose. 

[X-Force]

Those pic's are posters for anti-hunting.

your right.  There are real consequences for what we do.  Accidents happen.  But look at your bottom quote.  If this was a kids first deer or something then ok. High fives are due.  I guess I was taught a little different than others but shooting a fawn is something I wouldnt do on purpose.

#HERO

[Bigshooter]

Those pic's are posters for anti-hunting.

your right.  There are real consequences for what we do.  Accidents happen.  But look at your bottom quote.  If this was a kids first deer or something then ok. High fives are due.  I guess I was taught a little different than others but shooting a fawn is something I wouldnt do on purpose.

Good for you.  But until there is a law that says you can't kill fawns I don't see the difference between killing a doe or a fawn. 

[fishngamereaper]

Had an antlerless tag few years ago Westside GMU. All the mature Doe's in the area I hunt typically have twins..I choose to harvest a young deer. For sustainability of the herd and to put meat in my freezer..win win..I won't ever judge another Hunter on a legal harvest or their choices associated with their legal decisions in the field.

[PlateauNDN]

Calf and fawn are so so so tasty. I don't specifically target them but if something is better than nothing.

[Stein]

It's pretty interesting how we apply different values to different animals.  Most have no problem shooting ducks or geese hatched this year, but it's different with deer.  Same goes with the attitude to "winging" one as well as the ethics of shooting them on the water vs in flight.  When I took up waterfowling it really struck me the difference in ethics vs big game.  I didn't grow up hunting, so I have developed my hunting ethics largely on my own instead of from a particular person or community. 

It does seem that many people assume there is only one set of ethics.

If I was given the choice between a young animal and tag soup, I would be eating the young animal.  In my mind the only difference between a spike and a fawn is body weight.

[Karl Blanchard]

It's pretty interesting how we apply different values to different animals.  Most have no problem shooting ducks or geese hatched this year, but it's different with deer.  Same goes with the attitude to "winging" one as well as the ethics of shooting them on the water vs in flight.  When I took up waterfowling it really struck me the difference in ethics vs big game.  I didn't grow up hunting, so I have developed my hunting ethics largely on my own instead of from a particular person or community. 

It does seem that many people assume there is only one set of ethics.

If I was given the choice between a young animal and tag soup, I would be eating the young animal.  In my mind the only difference between a spike and a fawn is body weight.

like I said before, human emotions that mother nature does not care about.   

[fishnfur]

If it was a legal hunt, then we can't really question the intent of the hunter without knowing the situation (which we don't).  Certainly, it makes good sense to let an animal grow to maturity and attain a larger body size.  As several pointed out, we should not judge the hunter based on the result (assuming it was a hunter).  Anybody ever eat veal?  What's the difference between a calf and a fawn?  Hmmm.......    No reason to impose our values on other hunters.

Deer hit in the backstraps seem to recover pretty well from what I've seen (on hunting shows - I never mess up  )  Bow hunting seems to have a higher rate of poor results compared to firearms.  If this fawn had been hit with a 300 gr. bullet from a muzzleloader that close to the spine, it would have been last night's dinner.  That shouldn't mean that we should alter legal hunting methods.  Does anybody want to question whether we should allow bow hunting?  I recommend that when we find ourselves questioning the actions of other hunters, first ask if they were following the law.  Personal values are not transferable. 

[pup0025]

I would think making a law against killing fawns would only result in people leaving a dead animal in the woods so as not to get in trouble. Like large 2pt left in 3pt only areas.  There are things that are legal that I would hope that nearly all hunters frown upon.  Such as hunting with rusty broadheads, wounding an animal and only half heartedly searching, and taking risky shots.   We will not always agree on everything.