why not the fawns?
 

how come whenever a doe and her female fawn are together, people always go for the adult doe? wouldn't it make more sense to shoot the fawn, cause the doe is more experienced to survive the winter and she might be pregnant. also, adult does usually have at least two fawns. why wouldn't you go for the fawn?

RE: why not the fawns?
 

Less meat.
Same price to process (if that's what you do).
Sometimes difficult to differentiate between a button buck and doe fawn.

RE: why not the fawns?
 

Harder to hit....that's my excuse. But they are easier to drag!

RE: why not the fawns?
 

Meat what more can I say, Ieat it all year so I look for a meal not a snack. As soon as the rut is over the deer herd up again( in my area anyways)so a loner fawn will have no trouble surviving when it can/will group up with all the other deer(does anyway)

RE: why not the fawns?
 

I don't seen anything wrong with shooting a yearling. I usually take one a year because the meat is so dang good. In the late season they are almost as big as the adult does anyway. Just what I like to do, but to each their own.

RE: why not the fawns?
 

If you are going for meat it is self explainatory. If you are manageing for a good buck / doe ration, you are taking a chance of killing a small yearling buck. And If she is a big doe / older doe, she might soon be at the point where she will not be producing any more fawns. That is why I look for the biggest and oldest does I can find, to take.

RE: why not the fawns?
 

I agree with Bobco19-65
If you had to take your deer to get it processed and the deer you have whighes only 85 pounds you would get about 30 to 35 pounds of meat and when your about $ 60.00 it's not worth it.

RE: why not the fawns?
 

If see a doe with a button buck fawn SHOOT THE DOE! Otherwise she will drive the buck fawn out of the area. If you shoot the doe, the buck fawns will stay in the area for the rest of their lives.