I've been hunting for quite a while and have never encountered this situation. However,my question isregarding if it is ethical to kill a doe with young fawns?
At what age are the fawns able to take care of themselves i.e. find food etc..??? I have corn feeders and they have a huge acorn supply. For one, if they die after I shoot their mom I really killed 3 deer.
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I want to do the right thing.
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I think by the time the season opens and they have lost their spots they should be good to go. If they are eating regular food, they shouldnt starve to death. If they have spotsI wouldnt shoot the mom. But if they dont have spots andI want some deer meatI will shoot her or one of the fawns (we call them yerlings here when they lose their spots). I think the biggest threat would be predators though.
I think by the time fall rolls around the fawns are ABLE to sustain themselves. They may not want to, but you can actually see doe pushing fawns to fend for themselves.
Later in the season, I will harvest a MATURE doe if she obviously has a button buck fawn. This will help ensure that the button buck stays in the area, because now she will be dead and unable ot run him off(natures way of preventing inbreeding).
If the fawn appeared to be in less than stellar shape, I wouldnt shoot the doe.
Not a dumb question at all.
I agree,
I have never seen a fawn while hunting because they simply are grown up enoughand they look like small does/BB
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I think by the time fall rolls around the fawns are ABLE to sustain themselves. They may not want to, but you can actually see doe pushing fawns to fend for themselves.
Later in the season, I will harvest a MATURE doe if she obviously has a button buck fawn. This will help ensure that the button buck stays in the area, because now she will be dead and unable ot run him off(natures way of preventing inbreeding).
If the fawn appeared to be in less than stellar shape, I wouldnt shoot the doe.
Not a dumb question at all.
I agree,
I have never seen a fawn while hunting because they simply are grown up enoughand they look like small does/BB
Yes you have. For the last time, a deer is still a fawn after it loses its spots. A yearling is a deer that is a year or year and a half old. A button buck is a buck fawn, not a yearling.Yes, a fawn can take care of itself if the doe is killed. It's usually an ethical thing for many hunters, including myself.
I've never understood the whole ethical thing when it regards doing something legal. Sounds like someone wants to whale on some runts, yetfeels the need to getprior approval from the masses.
I've never understood the whole ethical thing when it regards doing something legal. Sounds like someone wants to whale on some runts, yetfeels the need to getprior approval from the masses.
I want to do the ethical thing and what is also best for the herd population. I have no desire to take out a fawn, but I have seen abig mother doe I wouldn't mind taking out.
I have heard from a few friends if I kill the doe the fawns will die too.
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Ethical fawn question?
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