SGT.H

It looks like a spotted fawn to me. If you look at it and the hogs, it is the same height.

der Teufel

I am still seeing them around. Here's a picture I took out my back window at home yesterday (08 October 2009).

marlinboy33

axis for sure what county are you in?

The Rev

It's hard to tell if there are more. If you're hunting in the hill country there is quite a few Axis population that have escaped high fences, but there are some of those stragglers that will get popped if you don't get them. I'd take her!

Jim_IV

It's a fawn, not an axis

TexasBowHunter

I would say that is a younger axis doe in the second pic, not sure where your hunting but that looks a little big for a fawn in that part of Texas and there is no fading of the spots at all (check pic of young axis buck below for comparison).... I definitely would not shoot her, she will bring in the boys when April gets here....
You could have a couple of these after her!!!





Just for comparison... Look at how the spots go all the way up to this young Axis buck's back, your pic's are the same.... You have yourself a young axis doe...





Our place is over run with them nasty porcupines too....

DC KNIVES

Now those would make for some nice knife handles and great dinners.Dave

Halletsville Hunter

this will only be my second year deer hunting so excuse the stupid question, why exactly should i not shoot a spotted doe?

AUTiger

How do you know its a doe?

It could be a button head.

der Teufel

But look at the picture I posted on this thread on the 9th. It's a whitetail fawn with spots high up on the back. I'm really not sure what species is in the original picture, but I lean towards thinking it's a whitetail.

Either way it's been an interesting discussion.