Thats correct Courgars. They didnt know what they were talking about...

I think that if a person shoots a deer and they feel its a trophy then good for them. Its hard enough to harvest a deer with a bow. I myself place a goal on myself to shoot an older buck with my bow and an older doe. I wont shoot yearlings. Thats the goal I place on myself. But to be honest I hunted a buck that I knew was an older buck and was way up there in years and last time I saw him he was an 8 pointer with a declining rack but a huge body. I never sealed the deal and we found him dead that same year. It was too bad because I enjoyed the thrill of hunting him. I myself practice QDM, but the young deer have a free pass by me. Its just too bad we have a gun season cause some of those hunters shoot any thing that moves.

Kinda cool sitting there? I can't remember the words exactly, but it was something about a good person in a standbeingcloser to God. You seem like a pretty good kid and a real good hunter. Keep it up! Don't worry what morons say, stay focused and just keep doing what you're doing. Good luck this year with deer you choose to take!!!

Personally I could care less if he shoots a spike and is on my team. Hunting isn't about the size of the rack or how old the deer is. It's about getting out there and doing what you love to do. Depending on the day and the mood I'm in, I very well may pop a 1.5 yr old too. Besides, it's not like theres really anything won anyways except for bragging rights.For some of us here, it's far more than killing a big buck.

Id take the guy that shot the yearling and was happy about it.....over the guy shooting 140"ers and belittling others. I know that.

It's my understanding that a "yearling" was born last year. A deer born this year is a fawn.

Here's what dictionary.com says :

year·ling /ˈyɪərlɪŋ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[yeer-ling] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun



1.
an animal in its second year.



2.
a horse one year old, dating from January 1 of the year after the year of foaling. –adjective



3.
being a year old.



4.
of a year's duration or standing: a yearling bride. [/align]

Heres a young man excited about hunting, spending his free time in the woods and not causing trouble and we have people in here that feel they need to belittle him. Come on. So it isn't a deer some of you would shoot. I have sat in a stand in the off season before. It is the next closest thing to bow hunting if the season isn't open.

Coug I hope you get your buck. Good luck.

Im no expert, but i got to agree with jeff on this one, a yearling was born last spring, hence come hunting season, its a year and a half. Deer that were just born this spring are fawns. A male that was born this spring will be a button buck come this fall and nothing more, and will sport his first rack next fall, which could be a spike or a 10 pt.

pssssst....thats called a fawn.

LOL! Exactly what I was thinking! Calling it a "yearling" instead of a fawnjust sounds better when you tell folks you killed one! []