When to shoot a doe with fawn.

[muzzlebrake]

Big enough to eat corn, big enough to be an orphan. Nothing wrong with the flavor of a lactating doe. I prefer it. Most fawns will be ejected from the momma's teat in a few short weeks anyway.

[Radar]

I cant even kill a buck.

[Dusty Britches]

The only thing about that - we've learned to not hunt / shoot does for 2 weeks from that stand after shooting a doe. It's too risky to end up shooting that older fawn thinking he/ she was a young doe, especially when hunting with a rifle.

[Aggie PhD]

I usually wait til it gets cooler. It is just too darn hot to clean something right now.

Shoot away.

[happy bowhunter]

We wait till all the spots are gone and then it's game on

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[happy bowhunter]

Shoot the fawn too

Awful good eating

[Pineywoods]

My personal rule is I never shoot a doe with a fawn with it. I don't have an issue with those that do, especially to put needed meat in the freezer. But if we are being honest, a very low percentage of hunters are hunting for that reason alone. Otherwise they could buy lots of meat for a lot less than they spend on hunting. My opinion is that if it's lawful means and you want to shoot it, go for it. I try to only kill large does if I take one. We have a lot more bucks on our property than we do does so I'm selective on the does I shoot.

[Mexico]

I won't do it, seems if I wait long enough I can find a solo...

[bklem]

when you hunt axis that breed year round fawns and fetuses are always an issue. when they are travelling in a herd of 30+ it makes things more difficult. the last one I shot had an older fawn in tow and was 3 months along with the next one.

I have killed more axis does than I can count and never, not once, did they not have a fetus in them. Suckers are prolific.