Ever shot a deer, only to find out it was spotless fawn?
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: NW Oklahoma
Posts: 1,166
I never heard of it referred as a "spotless" fawn. All fawns lose their spots, some sooner than others. The answer to the question is, yes, I have shot deer thinking they were does and turned out to be a young deer. Very good eating.
#12
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Harford County Maryland
Posts: 274
Meat is meat, i just choose not to shoot fawns because of all the work and money involved to yield such little meat. How I judge a doe's age is basically just by looking at his head. Fawns have very short snouts.
#13
Here is great article on aging deer on the hoof.. This really spells it out clearly.
http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p2206.pdf
http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p2206.pdf
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,445
I had 2 deer under my stand Saturday AM. They were the same size and looked smallish to me, but I was not positive they were fawns at first. After they got in my wind I could tell by the way they acted they were fawns. This was certainly their first encounter with a hunter. They milled around my stand trying to figure out where I was, then left after a while. Close inspection determined they were 2 doe fawns. Not sure where the mother was, maybe hit by a car. Anyway, they will be good Buck bait later in the year.
#16
Ever eat lamb or veal?
Funny, in the fishing community, you get beat up for keeping the big fish. They say you should release the big breeders and keep the small fish that taste better anyway.
Funny, in the fishing community, you get beat up for keeping the big fish. They say you should release the big breeders and keep the small fish that taste better anyway.