would you shoot one?????
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Nothing wrong with taking a young one. She has 2 and would never be able to protect 2 from a preditor like a coyote. Even finding food for 2 in the heavy winter months. She can look after one but 2 is tough. Thats my 2 cents for what is is worth.
Wow just noticed this is my 1000th post. Big mouth I have! LOL
Wow just noticed this is my 1000th post. Big mouth I have! LOL
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It is a personal choice. I typically pass on does with young ones, even though they can survive on their own. Last year I only had two days to hunt, so I took a yearling. I was waiting for the doe to clear some brush when the little one caught me, so I put the excal on him instead.
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I too would not shoot a doe with fawns. But with the winters up here, if things got tough, the doe would chase her own fawns away from food. In that case (a very hard December) I would take a fawn as it would have less chance to survive and let the doe walk.
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You're not a Whuss Don, you just have too big of a heart.Boo wrote:Call me a whuss but I couldn't release the arrow.
Folks like you are few and far between.
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Re: would you shoot one?????
X2RAMAMOE wrote:To each their own..I personally won't shoot a doe with fawns..nor would I want to take a young fawn either...fortunately where I hunt the pickings are pretty good and you can afford to be a little more selective.
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Yes. I'd take all three if I had the tags. Spots are like diapers to me. I'll take anything out of spots with archery gear. I'm a little more selective with a gun.
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Re: would you shoot one?????
Well, personally, I get a tinge of emotions no matter what type of animal I kill. But at the end of the day, I'm a Dominant Predator in this World. It's what I do. If the Doe registered on my "Dang she's a big one" scale, I'd let the air out of her. If the fawns also registered on that scale, I'd take one home as well.
I usually take my freezer meat with a bow and save the horns for the Black Powder or Modern Gun season...but there are exceptions to that rule
I usually take my freezer meat with a bow and save the horns for the Black Powder or Modern Gun season...but there are exceptions to that rule
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. Gen 27:3-4
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Re: would you shoot one?????
Here's my opinion...many guys are real selective until some days go by w/o seeing a shooter...then they get unselective pretty fast...
We have close to 1500 wolves, many bear, bobcats, coyotes, and a fair number of Cougar in the relatively small area of the UP of Michigan...Fawns are scarce and I don't shoot them...they are as dumb as spikehorns...we cant shoot them either with QDM (quality deer management) in our area.
Until things get worse with our economy I still hunt for sport (not survival)...those deer could be trained to eat out of ones hand and I couldn't do it... But if its legal to in your game area then its your choice, and I have no problem with that.
Baiting is illegal in Mich and limited in the UP to no more than a gallon at any time in my DMU.
We have close to 1500 wolves, many bear, bobcats, coyotes, and a fair number of Cougar in the relatively small area of the UP of Michigan...Fawns are scarce and I don't shoot them...they are as dumb as spikehorns...we cant shoot them either with QDM (quality deer management) in our area.
Until things get worse with our economy I still hunt for sport (not survival)...those deer could be trained to eat out of ones hand and I couldn't do it... But if its legal to in your game area then its your choice, and I have no problem with that.
Baiting is illegal in Mich and limited in the UP to no more than a gallon at any time in my DMU.
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Re: would you shoot one?????
I only hunt mature bucks ( 8 pointer wider than the ears) until late season. Then the does are very sharp and the bucks are rare so its time for me to think freezer. Only wish I could get the wife to eat venision.
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If the stars were aligned right [deer too] and I still had the emax, heh heh heh, I'd zip one thru all three at the same time. Failing that I'd go for the doe alone. Or a double on the bambi's. Thatway they would have twice the chance to evade predatorsd now not having to bleap around for mama and I'd have all that sweet meat.
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My first bowhunt years ago, I was really looking forward to harvesting a deer. I saw a few adults but they didn't present any quality shots. I had a fawn follow my footsteps to my treestand, stand at the base looking up at me for a couple of minutes, turned then slowly marched away. Later that eve I was sitting at the break of a toppled large maple and that fawn came back and made a repeat performance. On my way out of our bush, he finally spooked while in the beans. I got more out of that experience letting him live, than I would have harvesting him that day. Ever since that day I've passed on fawns and does with fawns (I know, I'm a wuss). I just think if you take a doe with a fawn or fawns, you lessen the chances of survival for the fawn(s) in the upcoming winter months. I could be wrong.
That said, I don't feel there's anything wrong with someone choosing to legally harvesting a fawn or a doe with fawns. I'll bet they sure are tasty though .To each their own, and it's your call. Happy hunting folks!
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That said, I don't feel there's anything wrong with someone choosing to legally harvesting a fawn or a doe with fawns. I'll bet they sure are tasty though .To each their own, and it's your call. Happy hunting folks!
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Re: would you shoot one?????
well I will take the 5th......
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Re: would you shoot one?????
Yes I would.
If I don't get one this year my wife will make me quit hunting and take up grocery shopping to get food
If I don't get one this year my wife will make me quit hunting and take up grocery shopping to get food
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