both cute AND tasty lookin' too....them spots don't show up on the tenderloins ya know ps2

 

I know, I keep looking at the one on the right and thinking what a beautiful shot angle that is . I wouldn't dare say that to my wife though.

 

Pick a spot!

 

Great photo, Chris!!

Yeah, give 'em a month and you'll be seeing back straps and tenderloins instead.

Never heard of Bambi, just backstraps.

LOL Jeff... pick a SPOT, like the front spot in that horizontal row of three.

 

A friend of mine took one that looked just like that the other day on a DCAP permit. The meat doesn't come any tenderer than that.

 

I have heard several comments from farmers about seeing fawns still with spots. Is that unusual for this time of year? Our season starts the first of October. I don't recall ever seeing a spotted fawn while hunting.

I've heard it attributed to a lack of bucks available for breeding, thereby causing the does to cycle again and have their fawns later. What are your thoughts?

 

I think they might have been born a little late. Typically, a portion of the does that don't get bred during the primary rut will cycle again later on. Their momma was probably bred a little late, thus they were dropped late. Not all that unusual. Can't say I've seen an unusual amount of of spotted fawns this season.

 

Nice pic!! Complete with aim points LOL

I,ve seen several small spotted fawns late this yr as well.I was thinking they were doe,s that got breed late and dropped late but thats just my guess.

Seems more than normal around here

 

I hate to sound cold and heartless, but them two look mighty tasty.

From what I understand. The dominant does get bred first, then it goes down the pecking order on both sides of the gender fence. Usually the fawns with spots this late have a momma and pappa that werent at the top of the social ladder. Not good or bad, just maybe an explanation.

Either way, Im guessin a nice piece of old fashioned bacon wrapped ever so gently around a steak or backstrap, I aint picky, sounds damn delicious right now.

 

I've never shot anything with spots, but I've shot some really small ones. If you can put them in the back of the truck with one hand, they are about right.

My buddies and I call them "milk lips" or "milk lipped".

I have a theory that if you see a doe with two fawns and you want some meat, you should shoot the littlest one. The other one is a button buck. Let him go. If you shoot the big doe, the other two most likely won't make it through the season. The button buck has almost no chance of reaching adulthood without further learning from mom.

So, if you want more bucks around, shoot the little milk lipped does and dry yearlings (1 1/2). Pass on everything else except monster bucks.

If you want proof, shoot the mom and hunt there again the next day. Tell me what you see. If you want to shoot all three for herd reduction or something. Shoot the mom first.

 

yeah, i've seen does still nursing fawns well after the beginning of bow season here in east tennessee. some areas are so out of whack in buck/doe ratio that the younger does come into heat in dec. or jan. thus the sept. births. i try to watch for fawns following feeding does before trying a shot. :sbrug: ps2

 

Yep, Passthru is right... if momma has gone to the meat market early on, the little ones are left walking around the same area looking all lost and such. Same thing when breeding time arrives... they are wandering targets just waiting to get snuffed by a hunter that doesn't have meat in the freezer yet.

Our deer breeding cycle is pretty normal here. Most of the does are bred during the first go around, and then the younger ones get it 20-30 days later in December. In most cases, the yearling does do not come into heat until the second go around. That's why it's important to keep an eye on yearling does and where they're hanging out when the December phase rolls around... big guy will show up to get the job done. Never have seen a spotted fawn in September around here.