Do you shoot the doe if the fawns are with her?

[Doewhacker]

Please note how they had him face the other direction to hide the ugly side.

Just imagine, me and him are buddies..lol

[steve863]

Makes sure you get the front of your face aswell unless you plan on jumping out of the bushes to ugly your deer to death.

I'll wait until after Halloween to spray my face. Might as well put it to good use when I can.

[steve863]

Steve, how much did they pay you to model for this?

I wish that was me. Maybe I can make a few extra bucks modeling if Culver sends me that can.

[Doewhacker]

LOL

[meatmuzzy]

Ive orphaned fawns the past 2 years, did it again this year and will keep doing it. Out here on Long Island there are no predators besides humans so I just whack away! By that time the fawns are eating acorns and are mostly weaned off the milk.

[Robinson446]

I shot a big doe on my neighbors farm last year, didnt know she had fawns with her, started gutting her out and saw movement, coyotes have been known to hang out around the swamp i was in, so i figured better be safe then sorry and put my gun next to me, few minutes later i heard the fawn blatting. Kinda felt bad for the little feller. Really felt bad when my dad decided to joke around that night and say, Jordan you mean SOB, that baby is probably down there going, "Momma, Momma, where are you, Im scared of the dark, momma." But if its a Very small fawn i wouldnt, but if they are decent size, i would shoot the momma. It does kinda kick you in the nuts though when you hear the fawn blatting as your gutting their mother.

[the blur]

Fawns don't know how to handle the winter, or survive on their own. They get totally lost, as they just follow the mother around usually, and don't fend for themselves. Now all the sudden, they need to think for themselves, fend for themselves, etc, etc. they usually don't last too long without mama.

[Doc]

Fawns don't know how to handle the winter, or survive on their own. They get totally lost, as they just follow the mother around usually, and don't fend for themselves. Now all the sudden, they need to think for themselves, fend for themselves, etc, etc. they usually don't last too long without mama.

In a lot of respects that's true. If you look at the two heaviest times of the year for roadkills, you will find them at times when fawns and does are suddenly separated. One is when they are busted up by the chase phase of the rut and the other is in the fawning time when the does get off by themselves leaving last year's fawns on their own for perhaps the very first time. They really seem to get screwed up, and you'll find a lot of these youngsters hit along side the road. However, that is just another test of life for the whitetail. Simply another case of survival of the fittest.

[tughillhunter]

Ive seen plenty of lonely fawns this year. they know the drill.

[mossy725]

What a silly thread, at least a few of you fellas actually shoot real deer still. I suspect that some are full of it, an awefull lot of guys can't tell the difference between a Button buck and a doe so how is it that you know if the doe has a fawn nearby before you shoot it?

Obviously I don't pass on any doe's that stumble by me, hence the name Doewhacker. I do lay off the fawns though.

If I can't tell the difference, why would I have started a thread like this?

[Doewhacker]

If I can't tell the difference, why would I have started a thread like this?

Damned if I know why you started a thread, and did I mention you specificly in my post? No I didn't so don't go getting all upset.

[Fantail]

I don't mean to get all merriam-webster but to me 'Fawn' means pre-yearling, and or w/ spots. They get a pass and so does moma. Durring open season i honestly don't remember the last time I saw a group like that together. Consider though all the times moma has set them down and out for a stroll, how whould we know?

A 'Yearling' being of age is fair game. Doesn't mean I'd shoot but I might.

Yearling still sounds young, but I just wonder if anyone else draws a line there, so to say.

[Red]

i would shoot her

[the blur]

All you doe wackers are probably the ones who complain there are no deer left to shoot.

[Doewhacker]

If there are alot of deer in an area we as hunters have a job to do, and that is kill deer, many of which are doe's.

If you guys want to go hunting and not actualy try to kill deer then have at it. There are an estimated 1 million deer in NYS as NYantler said in another thread, there is no shortage state wide, maybe in some areas but not all.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I am gonna try to do my part...have 2 doe tags...2 dmaps...and going for extras on November 1st....after all I have a new grinder to try out

[Doewhacker]

If you need help let me know Culv..ha

[WNYBuckHunter]

All you doe wackers are probably the ones who complain there are no deer left to shoot.

Actually, we have a ton of does, its a pretty rare day if I dont see a doe while Im out hunting.

[Dom]

Thats why i hunt antlers or not i did purchase my lisence to hunt deer.To you it may be a fawn to others its a meal.98$ is a whole lot of meals at my house so yea im taking her.Im not being rude just my opin.I did say this before but if you have not read then this is what i said.Its your choice if you do not want to shoot doe's with fawn's then just wait for daddy to show up its not like fishing when you dont have achoice of what takes the hook.

[the blur]

What's interesting, you can NOT shoot a bear from a group. Only solo bears make be taken. So they don't want to decimate the bear population, just keep it in check.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

just down south...up north shoot the cub out of the group and it is ok. I think is is more about population control....in the SZ they wanted the population to rise on the bears.....and it did...lol. bet you see the regs change so to mimick what they have up north on the bears in the near future

[Doewhacker]

Apples and oranges Dom.

[mossy725]

I don't mean to get all merriam-webster but to me 'Fawn' means pre-yearling, and or w/ spots. They get a pass and so does moma. Durring open season i honestly don't remember the last time I saw a group like that together. Consider though all the times moma has set them down and out for a stroll, how whould we know?

A 'Yearling' being of age is fair game. Doesn't mean I'd shoot but I might.

Yearling still sounds young, but I just wonder if anyone else draws a line there, so to say.

Deer born in the spring of 2011 wouldn't be called a yearling yet, now would they?

[Dom]

Apples and oranges Dom.

Yup love fruit salad

[WNYBuckHunter]

I have always thought yearling meant a deer in its first year of life. This year's fawns are yearlings.