So I saw a recently harvested fawn in the back of a flatbed pickup today. In all my years, I’ve never once thought of taking a fawn. I don’t see anything in the regs about it so I assume it’s considered an anterless deer. Am I missing something? Is it legal to harvest one? I don’t see any point in taking a fawn.
Never thought of this until today…Is a fawn considered an anterless deer?
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IDK, there's got to be something about it somewhere. In AZ growing up, you couldn't kill a fawn and same in NC.
At any rate, it's in poor judgement, taste, sportsmanship, and conservation practices.
At any rate, it's in poor judgement, taste, sportsmanship, and conservation practices.
A friend in Oklahoma killed a fawn by accident, shooting a basket buck to eliminate him from the gene pool. Not realizing there was a doe in the brush with a fawn that was directly behind the buck. The bullet traveled through the buck and also hit and killed the fawn. This was when all deer had to be checked in at designated places. Game Warden was called, he was legal by having a buck and antlerless tag.
Probably would have never known he hit it, the brush was so thick. But doe wouldn't leave and kept running back to the fawn.
Probably would have never known he hit it, the brush was so thick. But doe wouldn't leave and kept running back to the fawn.
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it is an antlerless deer and when you check it, you choose that option, along with "fawn" under age.
For what it is worth, I read an article a few months ago about a guy who shoots a fawn every year on the same day. He weighs them and tracks to determine the herd health on his property. While I understand what he is studying, that would not be a popular activity at my house with my better half.
I agree 100% about not being ethical, but I can’t find anything in the regs about it being illegal.
The replies to this thread are interesting to me. In my mind, shooting a fawn is no different than shooting a 18 month or 2.5 year old buck. I don’t see anything unethical about it, but it’s a horrible idea if you’re management minded at all.
Don’t quote me on this but I believe anything under 3 inches is considered antler less.
It was in the regs, when I was a teenager.
May not be, now, but it should be.
