Fawn distress?
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Fawn distress?
Do any of y'all have productive stands with fawn distress. Down here in Florida where I hunt you will see fawns with spots all the way up until December. Just wonder is this or could this be as productive as say a rabbit in distress? I have never tried to use it except during archery season when calling in does.
#4
I probably should keep some secrets to myself, but I do tend to use fawn distress more in the late winter and spring to help better trick the coyotes that have heard every Tom, Dick, and Harry blowing on a single cottontail distress reed or blasting Lightning Jack out of their FoxPro all winter long...
It tends to yield a slower response than smaller game distress, except for the occasional hard charging territorial dog that comes in after it at 100mph.
It tends to yield a slower response than smaller game distress, except for the occasional hard charging territorial dog that comes in after it at 100mph.
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Thanks guys I will be trying it on Monday. We are suppose to get a cold front coming through on Sunday and the low in the morning will be around 30 degrees. So with 45 degrees in temperature change we will see if they are moving.
#7
Brandon, right now it may be just a bit to early to try that call. Yotes are far from stupid and they sorta kinda know they shouldn't be hearing fawn distress bleats this time of year. Instinct, as always, rules the predator and their instinct would be to use extreme caution when approaching that call at this time of year. They would more than likely circle it 3 or 4 times before coming within 100 yards or more depending on the surrounding cover and wind. Hit that bugger in late winter, early spring like Mercy said and you would probably have them coming in pretty hot and heavy.
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Brandon, right now it may be just a bit to early to try that call. Yotes are far from stupid and they sorta kinda know they shouldn't be hearing fawn distress bleats this time of year. Instinct, as always, rules the predator and their instinct would be to use extreme caution when approaching that call at this time of year. They would more than likely circle it 3 or 4 times before coming within 100 yards or more depending on the surrounding cover and wind. Hit that bugger in late winter, early spring like Mercy said and you would probably have them coming in pretty hot and heavy.
#9
Brandon, they tend to keep their spots longer in warmer climates because of the cover. I've seen Southern Georgia whitetail 8 month old deer with light spots. You don't have 3 separate ruts in Florida, you have different times of rut in different areas of Florida. From July to October (North to South) the rut kicks in on different dates throughout. If anything you have fawns dropping earlier than anywhere else in the country not later. Florida actually has about the longest STATEWIDE rut sequences of just about any other state. But it starts so early and it is so all over the place it is difficult to pin down in each county.
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Brandon, they tend to keep their spots longer in warmer climates because of the cover. I've seen Southern Georgia whitetail 8 month old deer with light spots. You don't have 3 separate ruts in Florida, you have different times of rut in different areas of Florida. From July to October (North to South) the rut kicks in on different dates throughout. If anything you have fawns dropping earlier than anywhere else in the country not later. Florida actually has about the longest STATEWIDE rut sequences of just about any other state. But it starts so early and it is so all over the place it is difficult to pin down in each county.