huntnma

so how do you know if youre shooting a fawn doe or a fawn buck when you shoot a fawn ? for me, it's too risky.....so no i wouldn't shoot one, we don't hae a surplus of them where i hunt anyway....Give me a old nanny to shoot anyday.....

SteveBNy

2 fawns together, the bigger one will almost always be a BB.

Squarer blocky head.

Single, smaller deer will often be a BB.

NUBS on the head!! If any doubt, let them walk.

1st few years, I shot several - dumbest deer in the woods. Learning to be patient and observe, it's been 3 years since shooting one.
I personally think that requiring the use of your buck tag on one would protect far more bucks then any kind of mandatory AR.

Steve

Bob S

Been there, done that.

gmil6184

I have no problem shooting a fawn with the bow or shooting one at the end of the season. First day of rifle season would be a different story. The way I see it a fawn eats better and is going to have a harder time making it through the winter and raising fawns of her own in the spring. Where a big old momma doe has already done it and it probably better equiped to do it again. the only downside of shooting a fawn is that although the meat is good you don't get nearly as much of it

janesburg

By the time you can hunt them, they don't need mom to survive anyways.

To answer the question, yes I have shot fawns.

halfrack VIII

i will usaully shoot a little doe fawn for a BBQ deer, put it on a pig roaster tastes great.