So rye let me ask you . If someone shoots a fawn wouldn't that be a waste of the DOES time and resources? I can assure you she has more time in raising that fawn than the buck spent breeding her .Plus the vast majority say that you need to shot does to "take them out of the herd". The comment that you are killing 3 is so wrong. If the numbers are low then don't shoot any. But to claim it is better to do it early doesn't always apply.
As I said EVERY mature buck I have killed come from a farm that the first shot fired was at him. Hunt a farm with 2 guys that wanted to shoot anything legal. Does , fawns and each killed 6 points. NO big deer were killed even tho had 3 160 plus class deer on the farm. Next year they didn't go back until I killed the 191 that had been there for last 4 years......
Oh Yes you guys with all the wisdom on when to kill them. Not legal to kill them until December in some parts of the state. EXCEPT FOR BOW !!! But not everyone bow hunts..... Plus dang we have been in a drought that broke all records for temps and no rainfall. Who wants to field dress a deer in those conditions when if you wait a month it's cold weather.....
haven't been back until now, so I'll respond to what I can decipher in your post.
If someone shoots a fawn wouldn't that be a waste of the DOES time and resources? I can assure you she has more time in raising that fawn than the buck spent breeding her A buck only gets so many days to breed does in a given year. It takes on average 36-48 hours to complete the process. He runs hard, exhausts himself and goes without food and sleep in order to complete his mission. He's a warrior. He chases and breeds a doe for two days, two weeks later you shoot her, she had twins. You've taken out 3 does. He wasted his energy to breed. But you have effectively reduced your herd if thats your goal.
Shooting one fawn - which is in poor taste anyway - isn't the issue. She most likely had twins, so the effort was already expelled. Does don't die from breeding, bucks do.
