RE: Would you take a spotted young deer. My dilemma !!!
Some people confuse fawns and yearlings. Fawns are about 6 months old by hunting season. All button bucks are fawns
Yearlings are about 1 1/2 years old in the fall.
So many guys shoot button bucks and doe fawns and really don't realize they shot a fawn, so don't feel bad. As a matter of fact I prefer to shoot a fawn over an adult doe. If given a choice, I will shoot the fawn.
I feel this allows the other fawn a much better chance of surviving hunting season if its mother is stil alive to guide it. Also adult does usually have twins while a first time mother usually has one fawn.