I know this question has been asked before i jsut can't seem to find it withthe search feature but, when will a fawn be mature enough to survive on its own?
Also, would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
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Im still looking for that first archery harvest so I think i would shoot a fawn as long as its mother isnt around too. Then I would take its mother, but would the fawn live if i did that?
Here's a copy of a response I got back from my NCWRC Wildlife Biologist.....addressing this very issue. I hope it helps ease your minds about taking fawns and does with fawns.
Understand, also, that our season opens on Sept 13.....and opened almost a week earlier, last year (when the question was presented to him).
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Mr. Venable,
Fawns here in North Carolina are generally born in May and June, and they are no longer dependent on nursing with the doe when they are about 10 weeks old. Though they may continue supplemental nursing into the early bow season, they are fully capable of surviving on their own if the doe is harvested. The moral dilemma is more an issue of perception or misconception, rather than biology. There is no biological problem with harvesting does, even if they have fawns present, during the early bow season. The fawns will survive. I hope that helps. If you would like to discuss further, please don"™t hesitate to give me a call at the number below.
Personal choice really, like Jeff's response. Even though they may be capable of living on there own, if I see a doe with a fawn(s), I'll pass. Can't explain it...I suppose it's a misconception like that NCWRC biologist stated.
Here's a copy of a response I got back from my NCWRC Wildlife Biologist.....addressing this very issue. I hope it helps ease your minds about taking fawns and does with fawns.
Understand, also, that our season opens on Sept 13.....and opened almost a week earlier, last year (when the question was presented to him).
Quote:
Mr. Venable,
Fawns here in North Carolina are generally born in May and June, and they are no longer dependent on nursing with the doe when they are about 10 weeks old. Though they may continue supplemental nursing into the early bow season, they are fully capable of surviving on their own if the doe is harvested. The moral dilemma is more an issue of perception or misconception, rather than biology. There is no biological problem with harvesting does, even if they have fawns present, during the early bow season. The fawns will survive. I hope that helps. If you would like to discuss further, please don"™t hesitate to give me a call at the number below.
Thanks,
Chris
Thanks, GMMAT, this is exactlywhatI was looking for.
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i felt different i still am looking for that first deer.
But yesterday i was watching two does and a fawn. i have always said i would drop the mom unless the fawn and milking at that time then i would wait till it turned its head
but after seeing the fawn and mom i would not shoot her at least not until shes alittle older come bow season i might. at the time there was another doe next to them that was a little bigger
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Personal choice really, like Jeff's response. Even though they may be capable of living on there own, if I see a doe with a fawn(s), I'll pass. Can't explain it...I suppose it's a misconception like that NCWRC biologist stated.
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