The Australian Deer Association award a "three hind badge" to hunters that actively participate and take three sambar hinds over a prescribed period.

This is to help reduce the number of hinds in the wild as stocks are increasing rapidly here more and more and are seen in more than a few places to be making a nuisance of themselves.
Instead of targeting stags as many do this through us hunters is seen by Gov authorities as hunters doing the Aus environment a great deal of good on reducing an introduced species and we all know what sort of shit we have here with introduced species,IE Pigs,Camels,Goats,Buffalo.
If we dont then Sambar will be taken from the game species list and be a declared pest animal and thus with no Game status will be reduced to the same status as a fox or feral pig goat or whatever other shits of things abound in Aus.If we dont target them they will end up being poisoned by aerial baiting programs,now what do we want?

There is no question what so ever on ethics at all re this matter and to take a Sambar Hind stalking is seen as an achievement being as they are such a tremendous quarry species rather than being unethical bullshit.
Sambar hinds are the watchdogs of the species and hold their own in the vigilance stakes.

Think `roo`s a national symbol where we actively take MILLIONS of animals per year,they aint all bucks you know!

On my own roo permit I have absolutely no issues with selecting doe roo`s even though one has to dispatch a joey usually with the end result.

I have my three hind badge,not that I had actually set out for one but more so as a result of shooting a few fat hinds for meat!