Shooting a doe with fawns to early?
07-20-2007, 04:55 AM
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RE: Shooting a doe with fawns to early?
Yea shooting both the doe and the fawn might have been the best choice at the time, and I could have no problem, except at that time South Dakota only allowed one anterless archery tag per year and they were on a lottery draw no less, wow how times have changed.
07-20-2007, 05:05 AM
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RE: Shooting a doe with fawns to early?
I didnt feel real good about that at the time and I guess since then I elected to let the does walk until they are all by themselves.
I've got a population problem....and I'll be targeting does, this year. My personal position is....to not shoot anything in spots....or anything with spots in tow. Once out of spots....mama and fawn are fair game (does). I've never regretted shooting any deer......and I hope I can say that after this (and subsequent) season.
And for those of you NOT in the South....I'm betting we have some VERY recent newborns right now. I woudn't be surprised if we still don't have a few carrying. I start hunting in less than 50 days. I've seen fawns in the field that "I" don't think would survive without mama. I may be wrong.....but I'm not going to find out.
07-20-2007, 05:12 AM
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Typical Buck
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RE: Shooting a doe with fawns to early?
I killed a doe last night 7/19 using a crop damage permit. There were 2 does and 2 fawns in the bean field munching away. I glassed them for awhile to make sure that the fawns were in fact eating the beans....and they were. I don't know which doe the two fawns belonged to, maybe one fawn for each doe, but I am confident that thefawns will survive. There was still milk in mama's udder and I'm sure that the fawns still took advantage of that, but I don't believe that they needed it to survive.
