Jump to content

Morals/ ethics question: Does with fawns

turkeyfeathers

By turkeyfeathers,
in Deer Hunting

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 106
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

Sudzy8
Sudzy8

The fawns of an adult doe that gets killed survive just fine. They don't need their mom to find food or survive. Most fawns get booted away from their moms during the rut anyway.

jjb4900
jjb4900

holy crap! you killed the whole family!.........at least they got to spend the holiday together.  

WNYBuckHunter
WNYBuckHunter

I didnt wanna leave any of them depressed...

Posted Images

First-light Grand Master

First-light

Posted
Posted (edited)

A few years ago it was the final weekend, December 14th I think. Here I am at my stand Saturday morning. Down my field comes not 1,2 or 3 deer but 15. All were yearlings, small bodies and not one adult in sight. you can't tell me they don't make it through the winter. These are the deer that keep the population going. BTW an adult did show up trailing them. A 1.5 year old buck which I took bead on and fired. Only to have my powder moist and a roman candle came out of my gun doing no damage. Typical for my camp. lol

Edited by First-light
  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites
hondamx32 Newbie

hondamx32

Posted
Posted

It is very easy to tell a button buck fawn from a doe fawn.  The button bucks have more of a square head and you can visually see the buttons (or the hair separated where the buttons protrude).  Not to change the subject but have always thought  you should have to use your buck tag for a button buck. 

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Geno C Newbie

Geno C

Posted
Posted

i dont give it a whole lot of thought... I have harvested doe with fawns in the past and they survive just fine. In fact studies show other doe will actually look after fawns that are not theirs. they are maternal like that. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Ford Newbie

Ford

Posted
Posted

I guess some people must not like to eat veal.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

 

I don't eat veal, but that's besides the point.

 

I don't shoot does with very small fawns. Just not for me.

 

Last year I had a nice doe come by with two tiny fawns, just not for me. Shot a big doe with large fawns. (for me)

 

Do not care what anybody else does though. I am sure the fawns are delicious, not for me.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
NFA-ADK Rookie

NFA-ADK

Posted
Posted

 I have a hard time shooting any doe, fawns are just off my radar.  Guess I am just a sucker for cute.  This is my first year targeting doe on LI, after I eat one my views might change a bit.  Watch me shoot a doe, then have to lay waste to her 2 fawns to shut them up.  ARG no way!

 

Your all a bunch of fawn killers, my image of you is shot.  Not really, lol.  Now lets get out their and kill some deer!   

 

 

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Doc Proficient

Doc

Posted
Posted

Lol ..... We certainly do get pre-occupied with the subject of what other guys are shooting. We worry about AR. We worry about buck age, and now we are concerned with the family structure of what we shoot.....lol. Oh, I guess it all makes good conversation, as long as we don't start trying to apply ethics and morals and all that unnecessary judgment that often comes along with such discussion. Keep your harvests in-season, and shoot what you want and what is legal, and enjoy your hunt. And try not to pay a whole lot of attention to those that would try to dictate what you are supposed to be shooting.

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites
nyantler Apprentice

nyantler

Posted
Posted

Lol ..... We certainly do get pre-occupied with the subject of what other guys are shooting. We worry about AR. We worry about buck age, and now we are concerned with the family structure of what we shoot.....lol. Oh, I guess it all makes good conversation, as long as we don't start trying to apply ethics and morals and all that unnecessary judgment that often comes along with such discussion. Keep your harvests in-season, and shoot what you want and what is legal, and enjoy your hunt. And try not to pay a whole lot of attention to those that would try to dictate what you are supposed to be shooting.

That is pretty much it in a nut shell...

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Terry Newbie

Terry

Posted
Posted

Just shot a doe with a fawn Thursday. When my goal is to put meat in the freezer then that's what I am going to do. I have no doubt the fawn is capable of surviving on it's own, and if not then the gene pool is being cleansed of weakness. I refuse to attach human emotions to animals and don't believe the fawn is now moping around in a state of depression.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
jjb4900 Newbie

jjb4900

Posted
Posted

I really try not to form an emotional attachment to the animals I'm hunting......if I have two dmp's I'll shoot the fawn as well as the mother so it won't get depressed and suffer if that's going to make some sleep better at night, what's next not shooting ducks and geese because they sometimes come in pairs? wouldn't want to turn Ms Mallard into a widow by killing her husband........and shooting a turkey out of a flock in the fall? that's not for the faint of heart, I did it once and all I heard afterwards was the mother hen calling for hours trying to get the flock back together, I almost stuck an ice pick in my ears to make it stop....heart wrenching for sure.

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Mr VJP Newbie

Mr VJP

Posted
Posted

If I still have a doe permit to fill after the first week of rifle season, any full grown doe is fair game.  The fawns survive just fine at that point.  

 

I won't shoot fawns to fill my doe permit though.  I did once near the end of the season and it turned out to be a button buck.  The meat, which I expected to be very tender, was anything but.  Turned out to be more like rubber when cooked.

 

Anybody else find that to be the case with fawn meat?

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
PREDATE Newbie

PREDATE

Posted
Posted

I won't shoot fawns to fill my doe permit though. I did once near the end of the season and it turned out to be a button buck. The meat, which I expected to be very tender, was anything but. Turned out to be more like rubber when cooked.

Anybody else find that to be the case with fawn meat?

I dunno, we were all kidding about the fawns.......You sick puppy! Lol
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    No registered users viewing this page.

×
×
  • Create New...