ORIGINAL: Siman08/OH
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
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.