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re: How long do you wait before shooting a doe with yearlings?
Posted on 11/13/25 at 6:18 pm to bayouvette
Posted on 11/13/25 at 6:18 pm to bayouvette
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Yea I just can't do it.
Me either. I’m a softie
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Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:48 pm to bradygolf98
That’s cruel. Thank you for being decent.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:04 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
Generally, will let a yearling pass if they are with their mother. If they are alone, I will shoot them, no spots of course. The MO Department of Conservation wants people to kill does so I am doing my civic duty and have taken 3 so far this year. One was a yearling but completely alone.
One was a yearling but completely alone. 
Posted on 11/14/25 at 7:54 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
If that bitch blows at me I'm shooting her in front of her kids.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 8:31 am to Citica8
I have four mature does coming to my main food plot stand pretty much daily, but they all have this years fawns with them. Two of them with twins.
I’ve passed on shooting one of the big does multiple times now but my trigger finger is starting to get really itchy
I’ve passed on shooting one of the big does multiple times now but my trigger finger is starting to get really itchy
Posted on 11/14/25 at 9:17 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
Send it
Posted on 11/14/25 at 9:25 am to Citica8
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If that bitch blows at me I'm shooting her in front of her kids.
This is roughly my approach. Bad manners are met with bad manners. Im less likely to shoot them if they act like they don't know im there.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 10:17 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I have always and will continue to call them yearlings once they lose the spots, but for the sake of this conversation, I will use the correct verbiage.
I never shoot does with spotted fawns, it's extremely rare to see spotted fawns by the time I make it in the stand these days, but if they are there, momma gets a pass. I rarely see solo does, they are either with a group or their fawns. I usually hold off until early/mid December, to shoot solo does with fawns, if the little ones are eating on their own, and not bumping the doe trying to get milk, I might go ahead around Thanksgiving.
If a group with 2 mature does, 2 yearlings, and 3 fawns step out, and I am in a doe shooting mood, I will pick out the biggest doe regardless of whether there are fawns with her.
Everything is off the table (except if she has spotted fawns) if she starts blowing like a train whistle. I don't love loading up momma with an audience, but if momma is was being a bitch, kids need to learn behavior like that will not be tolerated.
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December 2, 2023
I never shoot does with spotted fawns, it's extremely rare to see spotted fawns by the time I make it in the stand these days, but if they are there, momma gets a pass. I rarely see solo does, they are either with a group or their fawns. I usually hold off until early/mid December, to shoot solo does with fawns, if the little ones are eating on their own, and not bumping the doe trying to get milk, I might go ahead around Thanksgiving.
If a group with 2 mature does, 2 yearlings, and 3 fawns step out, and I am in a doe shooting mood, I will pick out the biggest doe regardless of whether there are fawns with her.
Everything is off the table (except if she has spotted fawns) if she starts blowing like a train whistle. I don't love loading up momma with an audience, but if momma is was being a bitch, kids need to learn behavior like that will not be tolerated.
ETA:
December 2, 2023
This post was edited on 11/14/25 at 10:21 am
Posted on 11/14/25 at 3:21 pm to Citica8
We have a lot of scenarios where 3 generations show up, Momma, last year’s yearling, and this year’s yearling. I’ve shot the middle one a couple of times if I really needed meat. This is in Mississippi. In South Texas, it’s fairly rare for the babies to still be with their Mommas when I’m down there. 
Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:33 pm to Icansee4miles
I either see a decent sized doe with her "fawns" typically 2-3 deer in total, or a pack of 8-12.
When the 8-12 show up, there are very few scenarios that will prevent me from shooting maw maw with the giraffe neck and most of the time its my own laziness.
Found the original post from the December spotted fawn pic IST 12-2-23 Pg 2
When the 8-12 show up, there are very few scenarios that will prevent me from shooting maw maw with the giraffe neck and most of the time its my own laziness.
Found the original post from the December spotted fawn pic IST 12-2-23 Pg 2
This post was edited on 11/14/25 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 11/14/25 at 10:02 pm to HillbillyTiger
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Shooting every coyote you see is always a good practice
This
Posted on 11/15/25 at 4:53 am to 4Bagger
I shot a doe yesterday. Came out with a group of 4 does, 2 larger, 2 smaller. I assume the smaller were yearlings but they didn’t have spots. However the doe did still have milk.
I’d rather not shoot a “mom” but it was a 30 yard shot I could ethically harvest with a neck shot and not ruin any meat. I don’t get to hunt as much as I’d like these days and need some freezer meat.
I’d rather not shoot a “mom” but it was a 30 yard shot I could ethically harvest with a neck shot and not ruin any meat. I don’t get to hunt as much as I’d like these days and need some freezer meat.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 6:28 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
I shoot the doe with the longest neck. I want her older and bigger for ground burger meat.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 6:54 am to PetroAg
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neck shot
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not ruin any meat
Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:08 am to Crappieman
Y'all are wasting the best roast, and 2nd best whole part of the deer. A medium size deer will give 2 to 3 lbs of a neck if you take the time to get it off right, and for bigger deer I have to split it into 2. Grinding it is a waste, we all love doing neck roast better than a regular beef chuck. It's so good
Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:44 am to calcotron
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Grinding it is a waste
Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:42 am to nolaks
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Never the twins mom.
That's exactly what I do on my property in south Texas. It's just me the wife and the kids that hunt it and that is the only rule we have on does. Does it make sense? I don't know, but that's what we do. There is usually enough mature does that don't have yearlings that we also don't shoot the mommas with only one yearling.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:56 pm to calcotron
quote:You can still get 2-4 1.5-2" neck roasts from a big doe with a neck shot depending on the shot and your choice of ammo. I prefer it cut thinner than a whole neck anyway. Shank is also up there with neck roasts, and it's easier than deboning.
Y'all are wasting the best roast, and 2nd best whole part of the deer.
quote:There's no such thing as wasting meat if you are consuming it. It's not any more noble to eat a primal cut than it is to eat it as a hamburger or a taco.
Grinding it is a waste
Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:58 pm to Citica8
Deboning a neck is such a pain in the arse. Whole thing in a pot in one piece and nothing to do all day but ta ta it is the way.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:09 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Ring the neck to the bone and cut with a saw, either hand saw, sawzall, or a meat saw if you're fancy, then just cut out the esophagus. You can do it all with a knife if you know where to cut, but takes a little work.
They make stainless steel sawzall blades for meat, just make sure its not the same one you use to work on the septic tank pipes with.
They make stainless steel sawzall blades for meat, just make sure its not the same one you use to work on the septic tank pipes with.
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