nchunterkw wrote:You know...this got me thinking......
#1 I have no issue with taking one of those but that is beside the point...
wabi is from Ohio where I used to live until 2010. Bow hunted there from 1995 until I left, and I do not recall seeing spotted fawns when the season opened in late Sept. Even in 2010 and 2011 I don't recall seeing them down here in NC even though the season opens 3 weeks earlier, or maybe if you did you had to look really hard because they were really faded.
What is going on with the rut to delay things so much? These had to have been born roughly in July to still be spotted like that. Which means the doe was bred probably in January??
The spots are fading quickly now, but it's been odd for the past couple seasons.
Last year it looked like there were as many or more bucks than does, but not many fawns.
This year I've got more fawns coming in, but a few of them are really small.
From my latest pictures I think some will still have a few spots when season opens Saturday.
amythntr wrote:....come on Mike, your just afraid that you might miss one of those nice white aiming points!
Anthony
Too many aiming points Anthony - it gets confusing to an old man.
wabi wrote:The spots are fading quickly now, but it's been odd for the past couple seasons.
Last year it looked like there were as many or more bucks than does, but not many fawns.
This year I've got more fawns coming in, but a few of them are really small.
From my latest pictures I think some will still have a few spots when season opens Saturday.
Yeah it's weird like that here too. I'm seeing does with two fawns and both have spots. I've always thought that yearlings would get bred late in the year and that they would typically only have 1 fawn and the ones that have 2 fawns are older. I'm seeing older deer that aren't getting bred in the early rut that's for sure.
Keith
Stand by the roads and look, and ask for the ancient paths; where the good way is,
and walk in it and find rest for your souls. - Jer 6:16
Several years ago I shot a big momma doe and her doe fawn to help a guy thin some of the does on his property. When my buddy and I were processing the meat, I made the comment that those 2 deer were going to make quite a bit of meat. My buddy laughed and said, "The big doe will make quite a bit of meat. This other one is just 'seasoning'."
Hey Mike, I can help you take care of your "problem". Just let me know when.
The Only Purpose Of Bread Is To Hold Meat!
Common Sense Isn't Common Any More..........
"Salad isn't food. Salad is what food eats." --- Ellwoodjake
I'm a second-hand vegetarian. Deer eat vegetables, I eat deer.
hey wabi, I know what you mean.....at least there eating on there own now.
this was out on the back 40....
1:45pm 2 days ago.......it was in the high 80's here.
2 weeks ago I got 2 bucks around 6pm......its exciting
They've lost the velvet here, but with the recent hot, dry weather are only hitting the feeder at night. Earlier in the month I had a few nice ones showing up during legal hours.
Just let me know when. 
