I am weeding through my trail cam videos. Nothing but view of does with fawns. So I began reading other forums on the topic. Want to know your opinions.. Do you harvest a doe if she has fawns? Have you harvested fawns?
Shoot what makes you happy.
By the time hunting season rolls around fawns are big enough to make it on there own.
I would say that perhaps shooting the fawn is the better option instead of the adult doe and here is why.
1. If there is a hard winter what is the most likely deer in the heard not to make it? Generally speaking it's the fawn.
2. If you shoot the fawn and let the adult doe walk, she is likely to have another fawn crop next year. Fawns are less likely to become mothers in the spring.
3. Young animals are more tender and do taste better than older animals.
The book Heartsblood by David Peterson has a good character on this very topic.
Hunt for yourself and your own reasons not someone else's. There is nothing wrong with shooting or not shooting an adult doe with fawns or shooting the fawns.