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Which do you shoot?

In my post I am referring to weaned fawns or does. I have never killed a fawn, with or without spots, just never had to heart for it lol. I have killed yearlings, young does and old does. A young doe or a mature doe doesn’t really taste any different to me so I usually shoot for a loner doe or pick one from a group of does traveling together. I generally like to shoot mine before the rut so as not to chance killing one already bred. Just wondering what everyone else does.
 
Yea, you got to shoot the mama first. Especially if you’re rifle hunting and can pin those shoulders. Baby deer will absolutely stick around to get shot. I know, because I’ve done it several times on meat hunts. :grimacing:
 
Outlaw….. lol
If my memory is right didn’t you have some small feud with a neighbor or something and kill a piebald doe or something lol, someone on here did and that story was hilarious, some doe the neighbor had been watching and something transpired and it got shot
 
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In my post I am referring to weaned fawns or does. I have never killed a fawn, with or without spots, just never had to heart for it lol. I have killed yearlings, young does and old does. A young doe or a mature doe doesn’t really taste any different to me so I usually shoot for a loner doe or pick one from a group of does traveling together. I generally like to shoot mine before the rut so as not to chance killing one already bred. Just wondering what everyone else does.
Early season when fawns are still hanging close to mama, we will try to shoot the big doe's without fawns attempting to remove dry doe's from the herd. By mid season though, it is target of opportunity. The whole "have been bred" thing has never been an issue for me because taking the doe out at any point in the season removes those potential fawns from the equation. Doesnt matter if you shoot her opening day or the last day, she isnt producing for next year.
 
Early season when fawns are still hanging close to mama, we will try to shoot the big doe's without fawns attempting to remove dry doe's from the herd. By mid season though, it is target of opportunity. The whole "have been bred" thing has never been an issue for me because taking the doe out at any point in the season removes those potential fawns from the equation. Doesnt matter if you shoot her opening day or the last day, she isnt producing for next year.
Very good point.
 
If my memory is right didn’t you have some small feud with a neighbor or something and kill a piebald doe or something lol, someone on here did and that story was hilarious, some doe the neighbor had been watching and something transpired and it got shot

Yes, but it was piebald button buck
 
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