Doe & Fawn
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Illinois
Posts: 2,828
RE: Doe & Fawn
Niether, I had 8 deer come by my stand during shotgun season a few years ago. I aimed at and took the biggest doe the otheres scattered. Went over there, a 70 yard shot and the fawn was standing next to the doe. I had a hard time getting the fawn to leave. I won't do that again, I'd rather not take a shot.
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
RE: Doe & Fawn
How big is the fawn. Lot of people, myself included, call a spotted fawn as a fawn and then after they have the solid brown hair (maybe 2 1/2 months old) from then on till they are about grown they are called yearlings. If the fawn is big enough to fend for itself there is no reason not to take the doe, and if it is a young buck then he will probably stay in the area the rest of its life as a doe will runtheir young buck offspring out of the area. Mother nature's way of helping the genetics.
#5
RE: Doe & Fawn
ORIGINAL: sjsfire
Niether, I had 8 deer come by my stand during shotgun season a few years ago. I aimed at and took the biggest doe the otheres scattered. Went over there, a 70 yard shot and the fawn was standing next to the doe. I had a hard time getting the fawn to leave. I won't do that again, I'd rather not take a shot.
Niether, I had 8 deer come by my stand during shotgun season a few years ago. I aimed at and took the biggest doe the otheres scattered. Went over there, a 70 yard shot and the fawn was standing next to the doe. I had a hard time getting the fawn to leave. I won't do that again, I'd rather not take a shot.