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re: Would you shoot a doe that has a fawn with her?
Posted on 10/9/24 at 6:32 am to AFtigerFan
Posted on 10/9/24 at 6:32 am to AFtigerFan
Passing on that opportunity, give the new offspring a chance at survival.
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Posted on 10/9/24 at 7:43 am to bluemoons
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I'm also fully aware that once the time comes, the doe will kick its fawn and leave it to fend for itself.
I’m not a hunter but since I moved to Folsom I’ve had the opportunity to watch does with fawns in my yard for the past 3 years. I’ve seen fawns turn into does to the size that I almost couldn’t tell which were the fawns unless they were standing near the mother. Do they not normally stay together that long?
Posted on 10/9/24 at 8:03 am to bluemoons
Damn thats unfortunate. i normally wait about 10 minutes for a little one to come out. if they do have a little one i dont shoot it.
Posted on 10/9/24 at 8:06 am to A_bear
If you think about it... it is sad and not right but say that fawn watches the mother die from a panther or a bear. Could you argue that the fawn watching the mother die from an arrow and watching the mother die from panther are the same and just the circle of life?
Posted on 10/9/24 at 8:13 am to bayouvette
I can't do it. I won't judge someone if they do though.
Posted on 10/9/24 at 8:29 am to AFtigerFan
I don't but do not judge those who choose to. The older I get the more I enjoy just being in the stand watching the little ones.I don't have the need to stuff the freezer with meat anymore so I choose to let a lot of deer walk. I remember my Pop's telling me as he aged that he didn't have the desire to kill anything any longer and I never understood how that feeling could just fade away, but as I age I'm starting to see and feel what he was talking about.
Posted on 10/9/24 at 8:48 am to REB BEER
quote:This, plus, if it's a little buck, killing the mom makes it more likely the buck will stay on your property.
I was told by a wildlife professor at LSU that once a fawn takes its first bite of grass/browse it no longer needs it's mother to survive.
Posted on 10/9/24 at 9:30 am to AFtigerFan
Did it last season but waited until the November. Fawns didn’t have spots any more, I figured they would be fine. Got down from the tree and they were still hanging around. Didn’t feel bad because I knew I had waited til late enough in the year.
Posted on 10/9/24 at 9:49 am to AFtigerFan
Not if the fawn has spots but we rarely have to worry about that.
If it is older fawns and I can tell it's not a little nubbin buck I'll shoot the doe and the fawn.
If it is older fawns and I can tell it's not a little nubbin buck I'll shoot the doe and the fawn.
Posted on 10/9/24 at 9:49 am to UnoMe
There are a few benefits to taking does early. One you are getting a mouth off the landscape, idea is to benefit the rest of the herd. The second it can help with the rut on your property by decreasing the does bucks have to breed. Making for a more active rut. Personally it is up to each person.
Posted on 10/9/24 at 10:01 am to NorthEnd
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I don't. Can't stand to watch a fawn paw and kick at it's mom. I'm soft, I know
You're not soft. It's the mom and child relationship thing programmed into our brains.
Posted on 10/9/24 at 12:23 pm to AFtigerFan
No, not knowingly. Was tracking a doe once with the fawn 30 yards behind me, bawling every step.
Posted on 10/9/24 at 12:49 pm to AFtigerFan
I will not shoot one with a fawn with her..
Posted on 10/9/24 at 2:21 pm to AFtigerFan
Probably not this early in the season. Like a lot have said, it takes some of the joy out to have to run the bleating fawn off. There’s enough older ones out there and ones without fawns to drop.
I think they’re old enough to survive after the spots go away and I don’t think the mamas really help a ton with the predators anyway, so I don’t fault anyone that does, but I’d just prefer to wait on something else.
Also don’t enjoy skinning one with a fetus either.
I think they’re old enough to survive after the spots go away and I don’t think the mamas really help a ton with the predators anyway, so I don’t fault anyone that does, but I’d just prefer to wait on something else.
Also don’t enjoy skinning one with a fetus either.
Posted on 10/9/24 at 2:34 pm to Slickback
Do not. If she has a fawn or yearling with her, she gets a pass. We have plenty of deer and good feed - no need to hear Bambi crying for its mom when there aee plenty of other deer to shoot.
Posted on 10/9/24 at 3:19 pm to AFtigerFan
I try to target older mature does, those not having fawns with them , and leaving the younger ones to reproduce. The older does are the sly ones that will bust you. Lol
Posted on 10/9/24 at 4:13 pm to AFtigerFan
I haven’t ever knowingly done this. If a doe and her yearling, yes, our habitat is so poor they are often the same size, so I have shot the yearling if the doe looks young since you know she is fertile, but that’s an end of season, no meat in the freezer occasion (which luckily hasn’t happened in many years).
Posted on 10/9/24 at 4:51 pm to TigrrrDad
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I’m not a hunter but since I moved to Folsom I’ve had the opportunity to watch does with fawns in my yard for the past 3 years. I’ve seen fawns turn into does to the size that I almost couldn’t tell which were the fawns unless they were standing near the mother. Do they not normally stay together that long?
I don't want to pretend to be an expert on the science, but around me, it seems that my does kick the fawns around peak rut (early January), and the fawns are born in August/September. I'm sure they may link up after rut, but regardless, there's no fawn-doe dependency during the rut by me.
Posted on 10/9/24 at 6:36 pm to AFtigerFan
I'm not a hunter, but I couldn't do it. Two days ago, I saw a spotted fawn in the middle of the road and it apparently got hit by a car. Just that tore me up!
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