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Post by htownhunter on Oct 4, 2014 17:12:30 GMT -5
Thursday night I had a big doe come in with her fawn. I had a perfect shot if I was ready to shot that direction. The fawn was still nursing. Will the fawn be ok for the rest of the year or does she still need her momma.
The wife said why didn't you shoot her. And the guys at work said the fawn will be ok except one guy that said wait a couple more weeks.
What do you guys and gals think.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 17:16:25 GMT -5
Fawn will be fine. That said...I no longer shoot does with fawns in tow. It just bothers me. Guess I'm getting soft. In fact, I haven't killed any does for two years. Daughter killed one last year. That was good enough for me. Between that and the two bucks I killed it made all the meat we needed.
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Post by htownhunter on Oct 4, 2014 17:24:52 GMT -5
The fawn was so in tow that I seen it nursing.
Last year I dot a doe with a fawn in tow and he or she made it. Have seen a button buck and a yearling doe this year. But that was in late November.
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Post by antiwheeze on Oct 4, 2014 20:11:09 GMT -5
On the other extreme, some of us have been known to solve the dilemma by taking both  |
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Post by jackryan on Oct 4, 2014 20:27:38 GMT -5
I'd be surprised if that fawn would last a week around here on it's own.
Coyotes would be first on it's heels.
The next hunter it walked up to would be next most likely. They can get 8 doe permits.
If those two don't kill it the stray dogs or a car will nail it long before gun season get's here.
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Post by practicalsportsman on Oct 4, 2014 20:35:02 GMT -5
Thursday night I had a big doe come in with her fawn. I had a perfect shot if I was ready to shot that direction. The fawn was still nursing. Will the fawn be ok for the rest of the year or does she still need her momma. The wife said why didn't you shoot her. And the guys at work said the fawn will be ok except one guy that said wait a couple more weeks. What do you guys and gals think. I agree with the bold part of the quote, IMHO if the fawn is still spotted or nursing don't shoot try for a buck. |
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Post by bowhunterjohn on Oct 5, 2014 5:56:20 GMT -5
I guess it is everyone's individual choice.. however at this time of year the fawns, spots or not, are totally self sufficient. Sure they will nurse as long as mom is producing milk and she lets them, but they do not need mother to survive.
I have a button buck at my urban I see every single time I sit . He started with spots and now is winter furred. He tears up the clover and chicory in the food plot.
But I respect everyone's choice
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Post by sakorifle on Oct 5, 2014 13:36:02 GMT -5
Greetings
Firstly this is roe deer with no coyotes.
I have a hundred does to cull between November and March, if I left every doe with a kid I would hardly have fifty deer. If the kids died my population would crash and I could not possibly sustain the cull which we are all doing.
It is not unusual to see a kid going around with a buck,probably because I have taken mum,yes I am convinced roe kids will latch onto another adult deer and the bucks will bring them up.
I walk miles stalking deer with a dog at heel and we never find a dead kid.
That's one reason why roe are so successful.
Obviously if I can get a shot at both I do, not always possible though.
Regards
Billy
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Post by bowhunterjohn on Oct 7, 2014 22:36:04 GMT -5
sako.. sounds like I need to load up my gear and come help you with yoru task...
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Post by henson59 on Oct 8, 2014 8:05:23 GMT -5
I usually let a doe with fawns pass until late October when they are going to get chased off anyway. Its not that I don't think the fawn can make it on their own I just figure 2-3 more weeks with mom helping it pack on more winter weight couldn't hurt.
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