Yearling with spots

[sweeney3]

What is the buck to doe ratio like in your area?  Does will keep cycling untill they get bred.  If there are lots of does and few bucks, it might take into Feb to get the does bred.  Probably suits the bucks fine, but it makes late fawns.  It's like that here in Arkansas where we have gazillions of does per every buck.

[owlbait]

I think in Michigan it is illegal to shoot or possess a spotted fawn. If it has spots and is not a piebald, I'd let it pass.

[Tall Paul]

Saw a spotted fawn here on December 7th, 2009, in my backyard.

This years fawns arrived the week of August 14-20 here on my farm.

[Tall Paul]

I should rephrase that:

I first SAW this years fawns the week of August 14-20!

[Tall Paul]

Just looked out kitchen window: a doe with two fawns in back yard.

One fawn has spots, but the other doesn't!

Go figure that one...

[doowop]

I carry S.O.S. pads to scrub them off.

[Zbone]

To be technical - It's still a fawn.... A yearling is between 12 and 24 months old. Yearling is classified as the second year of life. 1-1/2 year old basket racks are yearlings. Under a year old is technically a fawn...8^) True statement.

[Chuck Jones]

I have a picture somewhere of a 2 1/2 year old 8 pt buck with visible spots. I've seen them on another adult deer in southern Illinois.

I saw 1 fawn with spots last weekend, and about 8 fawns without spots.I also saw a large, (about 130lbs) buck with no antlers. He had hair covered nubs. He was with a large doe and 2 fawns.

[Shawn Leonard]

zbone is right and that is what statement should of said it is a fawn until 1 year old than a yearling until it turns 2. I shoot mostly fawns as I hate to kill 3 deer at a time. Shoot an older doe around here and you killed her and the 2 fawns she would of had in the spring. Shoot a fawn and she may not even get bred that first year of life. I seldom shoot a doe over 1.5 years old. Also to me the best eating deer in the woods is a 1.5 year old buck before the rut heats up! Shawn