Need thoughts on harvesting yearlings.
#12
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: Need thoughts on harvesting yearlings.
Well, first we have to get our nomenclature correct. These sound like FAWNs.... not yearlings as I know them. A yearling is a deer that was born LAST year and probably a year and a half old. Those fawns you' re eyeballing are 6 months old.... MAX. They found the gravey train. They' ll eat there everyday until life is made miserable for them or they find some munchies that taste better. My hunting buddy loves that young tender meat. I don' t like it....too mushy, nothing to them etc etc etc. I' d sooner wait and shoot their mother. Like someone else, I can' t do it either.
#14
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Maine
Posts: 3,555
RE: Need thoughts on harvesting yearlings.
As long as they' re not buttons, I' d say shoot them. Smaller deer are a harder target as their vitals are smaller, this makes it more of a challange. After you harvest one get a bunch of friends together (your friends from Huntingnet.com)and roast one on a spit like they do with pigs. mmmmmmm! invite me!
#15
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Kalamazoo Michigan
Posts: 41
RE: Need thoughts on harvesting yearlings.
There is a town near me whose economy depends on the tulips they grow each year. The deer there are ruining the crops, so they are opening up a special season (bow only) on them being that it is inside the city limits. Its only open to the cops and city employees though [:@] All the venision will be donated to the hungry. If those deer are costing you money, eat ' em...[>:]
#17
RE: Need thoughts on harvesting yearlings.
Do what you feel you have to do!
Only you can answer that question, ( should i shoot them or not)
I personally, have a hard time shooting a deer that doesn' t dress at least 100 pounds.
But the venison is awesome!
Only you can answer that question, ( should i shoot them or not)
I personally, have a hard time shooting a deer that doesn' t dress at least 100 pounds.
But the venison is awesome!
#18
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Feeding Hills MA USA
Posts: 128
RE: Need thoughts on harvesting yearlings.
I took a 1 1/2 year old doe last year that was so tasty it was unreal! IF they are fawns I might think twice.
Also I see you are in Mass too which means best case you only have one doe tag so taking both sounds illegal.
The funny thing is I live on the MA/CT border and in CT I can shoot 4 deer, max 2 bucks but could be 4 does. In Mass I can take 2 Bucks and 0 does! Bow season in CT is twice as long too.
Also I see you are in Mass too which means best case you only have one doe tag so taking both sounds illegal.
The funny thing is I live on the MA/CT border and in CT I can shoot 4 deer, max 2 bucks but could be 4 does. In Mass I can take 2 Bucks and 0 does! Bow season in CT is twice as long too.