I have been geting alot cam pics of does with fawns. season opens september 6 here in ky. would the fawns make it if I killed the the doe? I was told if they had lost there spots they could make it on there own is that true?

I started out not shooting any does with fawns but kept reading articles and posts stating " they will survive." Through my research I have come to the conclusion that they will live.

During the hunting season I have never run into a doe with spotted fawns and would pass on that shot assuming those fawns were too young. However if a medium or greater size doe with " no spots" fawns walks by and presents a good shot, I' d probably take her. I' m a meat hunter first that hunts with two other meat hunters and we are looking to provide for three families.

We dont shoot any does till post rut. If you got does - you' ll draw bucks - its just a matter of time. Kinda of like starting my own little hor house. On managment hunts for landowners we shot only does with doe fawns not buck fawns.

Just a quick question...Why would you shoot does after they have been bred? Wouldnt the rut be stronger if you harvested them before the rut began? Not putting you down, just curious.

As to answer the orginal question, yes they will survive. I' ve harvested a doe with a fawn with a unique throat patch. That has been 2 seasons, and that fawn (now a large doe) is still alive.

I went driven tonight and saw a doe with 2 fawns, and i mean young fawns. I thought they dropped them early this year but apperently not. I hope they make it with the weather.

I myself would recemend shooting yearlings (1.5 yrs old/ last years fawns) although they may not be quite as large, they do not produce as much offspring as the older does will. A 1 1/2 yr old doe will have usually 1 offspring where a 3 1/2 yr old doe may have up 2 3