Weight of fawn

[BigVal]

For those of you who have shot them or have some info, what do you figure the average dressed weight of a fawn is say opening weekend of gun. Average or your experiences I know it'll vary place to place but looking for An idea. Thanks 

[IRL]

40-50 lbs


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[Pygmy]

Hehehehehe...Not many people weigh the little ones...

I'm, guessing that Yellow Barn is pretty close....

[the blur]

It's interesting someone would use a tag on a fawn.  

 

[pistolp71]

Yeah blur, I agree.

Hey, what's that deer on the left in your pic?

[First-light]

On LI when gun season opens in January there are still deer with spots on them. They get shot weighing 40lbs or so. 

[stoneam2006]

I'll be honest shot one thanksgiving day maybe went 75lbs dressed. But was a long ways away. With a bunch of tags in my pocket I'd take her again.

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[stoneam2006]

Heart shot 50 cal over 200 yards

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[Paula]

13 minutes ago, stoneam2006 said:

Heart shot 50 cal over 200 yards

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Mmm

[BigVal]

Thanks kinda what I was thinking, my buddy shot one and told me it was 85 pounds seemed high to me it looked tiny not that I really have a problem since he had a tag but just wondering.

Edited November 28, 2016 by BigVal

[Will_C]

We have taken and weighed several throughout the years. Weights here in the Southern Tier have ranged between 55- 68 pounds dressed.

[Larry]

When a doe fawn reaches a weight of 80lb or more they can be bread. That why up to 25% of the doe fawns are bread in the 2^nd rut or late rut.

[Buckstopshere]

The weight will vary some depending on when the fawn hit the ground (early May to July) and the buck fawns are generally larger than their sisters. A long time ago a I bet a hunting buddy that he would not get 25 pounds of boned out meat from the fawn he shot. He proved me wrong. He had 26 pounds of boned out meat in a roasting pan total, but had to scrape every bone including between the ribs. Not much quantity, but the quality is excellent.

[Doc]

You really can have a huge variation in weight between fawns. There is such a long fawning season due to when the does are impregnated during the previous rut, that some fawns get a huge head start on others. Also male fawns seem to be significant bigger as a general rule. I wouldn't even try to come up with an average figure.

[YFKI1983]

It's interesting someone would use a tag on a fawn.  
 

I did. Last weekend I could definitely hunt and only legal shot i had. I'll take 30 pounds of meat in the freezer over an empty one any time.

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[Buckstopshere]

Bon Appetit!

[ATbuckhunter]

On 11/27/2016 at 6:40 PM, the blur said:

It's interesting someone would use a tag on a fawn.  

 

Ill be taking one this weekend if i can. I wasnt planning on it this year, but the land owners wife wants one so that what im going after (besides a big buck)

[Fletch]

Our group has taken a few over the years. As others said weights can vary a lot. Dressed weight 40-90 pounds. My nephew killed one opening day that went 86 pounds. That's bigger than FL mature deer lol. I weighed it on my scales so I'm sure of it give take a pound. I grilled some me up oh my was it ever good!!


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