#2118122 - 10/18/10 07:20 PM
Re: Shooting does with spotted fawns
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adamf5353
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You guys are wearing your panties too tight.
Hunting means something different to everyone.
I don't shoot fawns because it doesn't seem like fair sport.
However!!!.. If I was hungry, don't think for a second I wouldn't down any meat that came in range!
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#2118271 - 10/18/10 08:24 PM
Re: Shooting does with spotted fawns
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megalomaniac
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whats wrong with shooting the surplus animals of the herd[fawns]and leaving momma to breed and have more tender yearlings to eat
I'd much rather shoot a spotted fawn than shoot it's mother leaving the orphaned spotted fawn to starve to death. Fortunately in TN, most of the fawns are old enough to survive without their mother by the time bow season opens.
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#2118281 - 10/18/10 08:28 PM
Re: Shooting does with spotted fawns
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bowtch huntr209
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I figure I'd catch some grief as soon as I reread the original post. Somehow I inerpreted it into shooting fawns. Shooting the mommas with fawns is your business. I personally dont do it.
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#2118364 - 10/18/10 08:58 PM
Re: Shooting does with spotted fawns
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knightrider
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whats wrong with shooting the surplus animals of the herd[fawns]and leaving momma to breed and have more tender yearlings to eat I'd much rather shoot a spotted fawn than shoot it's mother leaving the orphaned spotted fawn to starve to death. Fortunately in TN, most of the fawns are old enough to survive without their mother by the time bow season opens.
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#2118394 - 10/18/10 09:13 PM
Re: Shooting does with spotted fawns
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shoot the momma doe, the little ones will be fine.
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#2118672 - 10/18/10 11:46 PM
Re: Shooting does with spotted fawns
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gator-n-buck
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I once had an ole hunter tell me to shoot the yearling (without spots) with the doe because you would need the mature doe later in the season to bring in the bucks.... Makes good sense...
He also told me the yearling would be better eating....
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#2118877 - 10/19/10 07:18 AM
Re: Shooting does with spotted fawns
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BSK
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i wont shoot mama if she's got her fawns at side, never done it and dont plan to
How would you hunt a healthy deer herd, where every doe has a fawn at heel?
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#2118954 - 10/19/10 07:55 AM
Re: Shooting does with spotted fawns
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Goshen Valley Boy
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Some hunters have softer hearts when it comes to shooting young deer. I usually don't do it for the same reason...an old softy at heart. But I have done it and I don't think there is anything "wrong" with it.
I killed a doe last year in Tennessee that was very young because it was my first opportunity to shoot a deer off my Grandpa's farm and I had to leave that day. I didn't see them when I shot but when I recovered her, I noticed some very faint spots still just barely visable. I didn't feel bad, other than the bit of razzing I took from my buddy. I was happy that I had taken a legal deer with my bow from my Grandpa's farm. And the meat was great (not much of it, but great  )
Actually, if you want to grow your herd a bit, shooting the young doe and letting mamma walk might pay dividends. Often, the first year a doe is bred she will only produce one fawn, or will only produce enough milk to support one fawn. Older does are much more likely to produce two (and sometimes 3) healthy fawns. So letting older does walk and shooting young ones might increase your deer population down the line...if that is what you need to happen.
Edited by Goshen Valley Boy (10/19/10 07:56 AM)
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#2119036 - 10/19/10 10:06 AM
Re: Shooting does with spotted fawns
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Greg M
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Don't think I could shoot one still with spots, but I am curious about whether or not they would take up with other does. I read an article about shooting does with fawns. It was primarily sbout the social nature of does. It stated that does teach their fawns survival and their social nature in their first year. It went on to say that orphaned fawns had a very high mortality rate, although I don't remember the exact percentage. I want to say 60ish percent, but I may be off. Further, it stated that does who were orphaned tended not to care for their fawns very well in subsequent years leading to a high fawn mortality rate down the road. Kind of a ghetto/ Springer mentality I guess...lol. It sounded like it easily could make sense. Any insights to this concept from those more knowledgeable?
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