how much meat
08-13-2008, 07:59 PM
#3
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RE: how much meat
ORIGINAL: bigtim6656
i have seen alot of guys talking about shooting fawns.
but i was wondering how much meat would you get off a 8 month old fawn. not sure it would be worth the 25 dollar tag.
i have seen alot of guys talking about shooting fawns.
but i was wondering how much meat would you get off a 8 month old fawn. not sure it would be worth the 25 dollar tag.
08-13-2008, 08:03 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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RE: how much meat
well i am not saying i would not kill one just wondered how much meat it would give. last few weeks of season if it is brown and walking it is down
ORIGINAL: Bowtech 360
Your like me and havent got the first kill under your belt right? Well I can tell you it will taste better then tag soup
ORIGINAL: bigtim6656
i have seen alot of guys talking about shooting fawns.
but i was wondering how much meat would you get off a 8 month old fawn. not sure it would be worth the 25 dollar tag.
i have seen alot of guys talking about shooting fawns.
but i was wondering how much meat would you get off a 8 month old fawn. not sure it would be worth the 25 dollar tag.
08-13-2008, 09:56 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Winnipeg MB Canada
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RE: how much meat
If ya get 30lbs your lucky. It is fine meat though! Not for me anymore though. I'm not into paying $35 for that much meat when a mature doe will yield 70lbs of meat.
If you can get more than 1 tag......... shoot whatever walks in first. If you only have 1 tag......... wait untilo its near the end of the season and then shoot a little one if ya have to.
If you can get more than 1 tag......... shoot whatever walks in first. If you only have 1 tag......... wait untilo its near the end of the season and then shoot a little one if ya have to.
08-13-2008, 10:13 PM
#7
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SE Ohio
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RE: how much meat
ORIGINAL: bigtim6656
well i am not saying i would not kill one just wondered how much meat it would give. last few weeks of season if it is brown and walking it is down
well i am not saying i would not kill one just wondered how much meat it would give. last few weeks of season if it is brown and walking it is down
ORIGINAL: Bowtech 360
Your like me and havent got the first kill under your belt right? Well I can tell you it will taste better then tag soup
ORIGINAL: bigtim6656
i have seen alot of guys talking about shooting fawns.
but i was wondering how much meat would you get off a 8 month old fawn. not sure it would be worth the 25 dollar tag.
i have seen alot of guys talking about shooting fawns.
but i was wondering how much meat would you get off a 8 month old fawn. not sure it would be worth the 25 dollar tag.
Tim,
Depending on WHERE you are makes a BIG difference. I've killed quite a few yearlings, because they're EASY and TENDER. Here in OHIO, they will weigh around 100# live, and I can get 30# +/- 5# cutting them up myself.
08-13-2008, 11:47 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,288
RE: how much meat
If a Doe is bread in mid Nov she will give birth somewhere in the first week of June (201 day gestation period). By the day it was concived in mid Nov a fawn will be almost 5 1/2 months old and weigh about a whopping 40 lbs dressed (seen them as light as 32 lbs at the end of Nov).
So lets cut off the legs above the knees, skin it, cut the head off and debone the meat.
In reality you have about enough to feed a family of 5, BBQ sandwiches for 2 days, if your lucky.
So lets cut off the legs above the knees, skin it, cut the head off and debone the meat.
In reality you have about enough to feed a family of 5, BBQ sandwiches for 2 days, if your lucky.
08-14-2008, 12:17 AM
#9
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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RE: how much meat
If a Doe is bread in mid Nov she will give birth somewhere in the first week of June (201 day gestation period). By the day it was concived in mid Nov a fawn will be almost 5 1/2 months old and weigh about a whopping 40 lbs dressed (seen them as light as 32 lbs at the end of Nov).
So lets cut off the legs above the knees, skin it, cut the head off and debone the meat.
In reality you have about enough to feed a family of 5, BBQ sandwiches for 2 days, if your lucky.
So lets cut off the legs above the knees, skin it, cut the head off and debone the meat.
In reality you have about enough to feed a family of 5, BBQ sandwiches for 2 days, if your lucky.
What a win-win! Buy that man a beer!
08-14-2008, 06:02 AM
#10
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RE: how much meat
well we can get 2 does with bow. then we can get 2 more with bonus tags. each cost 25 bucks.
We can not use the bonus tags on most fish and wildlife areas.
wonder what the butcher fee would be on a fawn.
good one to start butchering your own one not to big
We can not use the bonus tags on most fish and wildlife areas.
wonder what the butcher fee would be on a fawn.
good one to start butchering your own one not to big
ORIGINAL: sandilands
If ya get 30lbs your lucky. It is fine meat though! Not for me anymore though. I'm not into paying $35 for that much meat when a mature doe will yield 70lbs of meat.
If you can get more than 1 tag......... shoot whatever walks in first. If you only have 1 tag......... wait untilo its near the end of the season and then shoot a little one if ya have to.
If ya get 30lbs your lucky. It is fine meat though! Not for me anymore though. I'm not into paying $35 for that much meat when a mature doe will yield 70lbs of meat.
If you can get more than 1 tag......... shoot whatever walks in first. If you only have 1 tag......... wait untilo its near the end of the season and then shoot a little one if ya have to.