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How long do you wait before shooting a doe with yearlings?
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:48 pm
Was talking about this with the guys at the camp and there were different opinions. Some guys didn’t care at all. Some said they waited until the yearlings didn’t have spots. Some said they waited until the end of the season to make sure they still weren’t nursing.
Curious what the OB’s opinion on this is.
Curious what the OB’s opinion on this is.
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Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:56 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
Until their vitals all line up
Posted on 11/12/25 at 1:08 pm to bootlegger
Really drastically depends on where you are. I was in SW LA this weekend and the fawns are now nearly momma sized. In coastal MS our fawns still have spots.
For what its worth, I shot does for a big ranch in texas a few times. They shoot dry does first, then does with a single fawn. Never the twins mom. They figure if they are feeding a doe they want one that drops two fawns.
For what its worth, I shot does for a big ranch in texas a few times. They shoot dry does first, then does with a single fawn. Never the twins mom. They figure if they are feeding a doe they want one that drops two fawns.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 1:37 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
until the yearling is not standing in front or behind her
Posted on 11/12/25 at 1:55 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
I've heard enough stories of people shooting a mama with yearlings around, and then having the yearlings whimper when going to pack up the now dead mama that I just generally want to try to avoid that situation.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 2:12 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
When the spots are fading and the fawns are feeding on browse, acorns, etc.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 2:17 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
shoot the yearlings and let mama keep on being a hoe.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 2:44 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
if there is a yearling with the mom, I will not shoot it.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 2:44 pm to bradygolf98
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I've heard enough stories of people shooting a mama with yearlings around, and then having the yearlings whimper when going to pack up the now dead mama that I just generally want to try to avoid that situation
Had it happen once. Doe walks out, my kid shoots it dead in its tracks. We walk up on it, I see the twin yearlings looking at us (no spots). She doesn't see them. I tell her to go get the sxs. when she leaves I run them off. it was late in the season and they were big but thank jesus I avoided that mess.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 2:58 pm to bbvdd
It’s rare I see a lone doe. Doubt I could meet my quota if I followed this protocol.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:16 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
I try and pick the doe that doesn't appear to have a yearling, but it can be challenging in a group. If the yearlings don't have spots and are off on there own I usually don't worry too much.
If you wait till the end of the season, you could possibly be shooting a doe already bred by A trophy, so its a double edge sword.
I think it just has to be a situational judgement call.
If you wait till the end of the season, you could possibly be shooting a doe already bred by A trophy, so its a double edge sword.
I think it just has to be a situational judgement call.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:33 pm to finfeathersport
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If the yearlings don't have spots
Fawns are born this year and have spots.
A yearling at this time of year is actually a year and a half old.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:11 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
I try not to kill does with fawns, but sometimes you do what you gotta do. We've killed 3 this year on our small tract of land, all had milk.
Once a fawn takes it's first bite of grass, it can survive on it's own. They might be a little lost without mom, but they don't need milk anymore.
Once a fawn takes it's first bite of grass, it can survive on it's own. They might be a little lost without mom, but they don't need milk anymore.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:13 pm to finfeathersport
“If you wait till the end of the season, you could possibly be shooting a doe already bred by A trophy, so it’s a double edge sword.”
If a doe needs to be killed, what does that matter?
If a doe needs to be killed, what does that matter?
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:16 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
I read or listened to a study that was done that said if you shoot a doe with a buck yearling/fawn then that buck is likely to stay within a 1 mile radius of where mom was killed vs their typical 15 mile radius.
I’ll try and find it and link it here.
That being said, I don’t shoot does with yearlings.
I’ll try and find it and link it here.
That being said, I don’t shoot does with yearlings.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:26 pm to reds on reds on reds
Exactly !!!
DON’T SHOOT
DON’T SHOOT
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:37 pm to Ncook
Game departments set doe season dates based on the science for the area. In most situations, the fawns will make it.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:41 pm to HillbillyTiger
quote:they can outgrown their spots pretty quickly though.
Fawns are born this year and have spots. A yearling at this time of year is actually a year and a half old.
I have a bunch of fawns that were dropped in late June/early July that no longer have spots.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:59 pm to nolaks
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For what its worth, I shot does for a big ranch in texas a few times. They shoot dry does first, then does with a single fawn. Never the twins mom. They figure if they are feeding a doe they want one that drops two fawns.
Every single doe is capable of dropping twin fawns. It’s not a genetic trait, it’s genetic programming.
If the nutrition and carrying capacity of the habitat can support twins they will drop twins 99% of the time. If the habitat is average they will drop a single fawn. If the habitat is really poor they will miscarry and not have offspring.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 5:01 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
You’re 100% correct.
What I meant is the term fawn is for this year’s crop and yearling is for deer born last year.
What I meant is the term fawn is for this year’s crop and yearling is for deer born last year.
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