RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

If she had a Spotted fawn in tow,ide let her walk.Now if it was a yearling,different story.I think you did the right thing!

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RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

Freadbearfan I think you made a good choice on letting that deer live. Ive killed a mother with her fawn once and ill never do again. now if the deer looks like it could make it, maybe. but i usually pass on the mother n fawn deals.........Good luck

RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

Last season opening day,I had a doe with twin fawns bed down right under my stand.I guess it's a matter of what you feel comfortable with ,but I could not shoot the Doe.
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RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

do what feels right to you.chances are the fawn would make it. if it were me I would shoot the doe

RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

yep Id shoot the doe,the fawns at this time are old enough to fend for themselves

RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

So would you pass up a monster buck that has a button buck tagging along with him early in the season, too?

And people wonder why there are a billion 120lb deer in the eastern part of the country but few big bucks. If you would shoot a doe, fawn or no fawn, instead of the spike buck, there would be more big bucks.

I shot a mature doe last season that was being followed by a small deer, presumably her offspring from that year. It was fill the freezer or take your chances later time, and I pulled the trigger. The yearling stood there for a few seconds, after the doe dropped in her tracks, and then turned and walked into the brush.

Personally I won't shoot a buck unless it's a wall hanger. I'd much rather contribute to the overall health of the deer herd by taking a doe rather than a young buck. Like some of the others have said, if the fawn is not able to fend for itself by now, it is going to have a very hard time making it through the winter with or without the doe being there.

RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

NO,I would wait till later.Plenty of Deer season left here.Our herd is over 1,200,000.Im sure Id find another doe.I wouldnt feel right leaving that little spotted fawn without its mother.

RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

Our Bowseason doesn't start until Oct.15 any fawn would be able to take care of it's self by then.

I would slip an arrow behind Mom's shoulder and kill her as quick as I could.That is GOOD ethics as far as I'm concerned.

I wouldn't feel sorry for the fawn at all.It's not going to starve because it's already been weined and knows it has to eat to survive.

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So would you pass up a monster buck that has a button buck tagging along with him early in the season, too?

And people wonder why there are a billion 120lb deer in the eastern part of the country but few big bucks. If you would shoot a doe, fawn or no fawn, instead of the spike buck, there would be more big bucks.

I shot a mature doe last season that was being followed by a small deer, presumably her offspring from that year. It was fill the freezer or take your chances later time, and I pulled the trigger. The yearling stood there for a few seconds, after the doe dropped in her tracks, and then turned and walked into the brush.

Personally I won't shoot a buck unless it's a wall hanger. I'd much rather contribute to the overall health of the deer herd by taking a doe rather than a young buck. Like some of the others have said, if the fawn is not able to fend for itself by now, it is going to have a very hard time making it through the winter with or without the doe being there.

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Speaking for those of us who would choose to wait for the next doe! The key word in that sentence being wait!
Dont give me the crap about how the health of the deer herd would be better if we smacked any and every doe that walks by. Some of us choose to pass on that situation and wait until the next opportunity , which in my case (and probably most who pass) will come sooner or later , if not the same day.
If you want to start the old &quot;people wonder why&quot; sentences , I'm sure I could turn the table , but I wont , I'll simply leave it at this. To each his own!!!


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RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

If the fawn was more like a yearling than I would (we have earn-a-buck in certain NJ zones so I may have to take a Doe 1st before shooting a Buck) but if they were still small than I would pass. I personally need to believe that all of the other deer that the Doe is traveling with can survive without her - little tasty fawns can grow up to be big old bucks.

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RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

I'd take the doe. No problem,

some of yall either are not remembering or do not know, but when the rut hits, the bucks are going to drive the fawn/yearling away from its mother anyway, so what's the diferrance?
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RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

I've done it before and felt really bad, but I would do it again. When season opens here, I feel the fawns can survive without the mother.

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RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

I agree with Bowdaddy. Mature does need to be taken, whether or not there are fawns with her. As Bowdaddy stated, animals get more and more rights every year.It's a little sickening. I think the whitetailed deer is one of the most magnificent creatures God in His infinite wisdom created, but He did so for us. We have to remember why we're hunting. Aren't we out there trying to put meat on our table, and also doing our part to control the herds? The only way you can do that is to take the mature does. Like so many before me said, almost every one has a fawn whether you see it or not. They only have 8 weeks with mom anyway, and then the bucks will separate them and the fawns will be exactly where they would have been had you put that venison on your table. Doesn't that sound like the more sensible thing to do? <img src=icon_smile_question.gif border=0 align=middle>

RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

In a state that mandates that I have to take a doe first, you betcha she's goin down. In MD hunters can take a second buck after taking two does..I'd bet that a lot of guys would whack momma and Jr.

RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

It's certainly not my favorite thing to do but I have done it and will continue to do it as it is very necessary in controlling the population of deer and maintaining a healthy buck to doe ratio. Anyway, shooting an older mature doe is not an easy task and I'm always quite proud when I accomplish a successful harvest.

RE: Would you shoot a doe with a fawn?
 

I would and have done it. Most of the fawns this time of year will already be weened, so they would be fine if momma isn't around. Jusr Saturday, I whacked a momma and watched another doe take the fawns under her wing less than 10 minutes later.