Shooting does with fawns/yearlings

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

Not saying you are wrong but what backs this up?

I’ve always considered spots = fawn

Up to 1 yr old but without spots = yearling


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

YEARling. 0ne year old. Between 1 and 2.

I used to think the spotless fawns were yearlings too.

Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

[Tx_Wader]

I don't shoot doe with yearlings with her, just a rule I have on my place. We have plenty of doe without yearlings and they're fair game.

[chunkinlead]

Lots of truth in that. It’s like taking your best cows to the sale


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not exactly. Usually a big fat cow is barren.

also > 1 yo = fawn
1 yo = yearling

For me if I am shooting does I try to shoot the oldest. I'm not very good at aging them, but I can tell if its 1.5 & under and won't shoot them. That's like keeping your heifers.

[Matt_C]

A fawn can breed for the first time at 6 months of age...(typically by December in north central Texas).

If she is over six months of age, then she is not considered a fawn to me and is fair game for the table.

I've read that a fawn has to weigh a minimum of 70 pounds to breed. Haven't heard of the 6 month requirement.

[Matt_C]

Not exactly. Usually a big fat cow is barren.

also > 1 yo = fawn
1 yo = yearling

For me if I am shooting does I try to shoot the oldest. I'm not very good at aging them, but I can tell if its 1.5 & under and won't shoot them. That's like keeping your heifers.

I normally look for the largest of the group and make sure there aren't in with spots...whitetail wise.

[SmTx]

If it was born same calendar year I'm hunting I call it a fawn.

Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

[bakin7005]

I've read that a fawn has to weigh a minimum of 70 pounds to breed. Haven't heard of the 6 month requirement.

Thats the age of deer consent.

[Gunnyart]

Not sure if they were related or what but I filmed a Turkey trying to get the one I shot to stand back up.
Starts at about a minute and a half in to the video.

https://youtu.be/Y4DLb_Y2R5w

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

Not to mention we only have 5 tags. Older deer equal more meet. What do you get off a 6 month old? 6 pounds? Lol.

Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

[Crazy Horse]

I did it ONCE back in the day as a youngster....and after that yearling followed the truck back to camp & stuck around for (2) days, I swore I’d never do it again...

[DRT]

Not to mention we only have 5 tags. Older deer equal more meet. What do you get off a 6 month old? 6 pounds? Lol.

Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

And there is my decision making reasoning as well.

Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

And there is my decision making reasoning as well.

Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk

30 pounds of meat from 5 babies vs 25 pounds of meat from 1 mature buck. Or maybe 30 pounds from 2 mature does.

Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

[DRT]

I got 28lbs of ground plus backstrap and tenderloins out of the last doe I took.

Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk

[30-30]

Does kick their buck fawns early in the season. I figure doe fawns can be independent at the same point.

[deerwatcher51]

Once they loose their spots, they are weaned and it’s game on.