My wife has a "Bambi Syndrome", as in ......."How could you shoot anything with those big beautiful brown eyes?". After hearing that one for 20 years, I finally gave her the answer....."It's easy, you just put a bullet between them!!!". she failed to see the humor in that!!
If she did hunt with me; no, I would not whack her deer!!
My wife doesn't hunt but my kids hunt with me sometimes. Would I shoot this deer if they had a chance at it? No way! I have already let a 150 class buck walk several years ago in the hopes my youngest could make it her first kill but it didn't pan out. I would let another walk in a heartbeat to give them a shot at a monster.