Before my neighbor pulled his pear orchard, I used to try and shoot a bear every year instead of a deer. I only shot deer if I couldn't get a bear. Pear bears are fine eating. I once watched a group of deer sparing back and forth with a coyote from above on the ridge. I chose not to take a shot at the yote because it seemed even up and entertaining. 15 minute later I took a 250 lb cinnamon black bear boar that came walking along the ridge. I can honestly say that I'm happy that I don't shoot everything that I see in my scope. I sort of get the yin and yang thing which is part of my reason for the post. However, I have to admit after this recent fawn kill, my neighbors and I lean toward the lead poisoning option.
I passed on the yote training comments from an earlier post to a neighbor below me that has experienced harassment of his dogs by the yotes. He knows he isn't up to shooting them with his poor equipment but it will be interesting to hear from him whether he can change there aggressive behavior in the future against his pets with a 22 lr. In the mean time, he suggested I shoot whatever I see.