"I shot a doe"..... O wait "that ain't a doe"

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Took a crack at a doe at about 60yrds. Hit it and killed it on the second poke. Got up to it and radio'd "I shot a doe." My hunting partner comes up, rolls the 'doe' over and there was a pair of danglies. O boy was I embarassed. The sucker didn't even have the slightest hint of antlers on it yet so I guess it was last years fawn.

Always told myself I wouldn't shoot a fawn or a noticeable young deer, didn't look too small so I took the shot. Guess im having delicious meat :D:D

Seems like a waste of an antlerless tag though :(
 
your deer must be a lot smaller than what we have in NS.looks like this years fawn.if it was last years buck fawn it should have had at least visible spikes.
 
Thats what antlerless tags are for... :confused: would have been a waste to use a buck tag..or either ###..

Good eats though congrats..milk fed..umm
 
It happened to me last year. We were walking towards one another on a path. Shot at about 40yds with my .243. Like you, only way to tell was when it was turned over. Sure ate good.

DF:D
 
Did he have "buttons" on his head where the antlers would grow from? Just curious if it was a "button buck" as we call them around here or some kind of freak of nature with no potential to grow antlers. It'll taste good either way :).
 
I was out last week and shot a really nice big doe, and right behind it in the brush was her fawn with a big hole through her. I had to use both my antlerless tags from one bullet :(

Oh well. milk fed deer are really tasty on the bbq, just doesn't fill much space in the freezer.
 
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That's why they call them "antlerless tags" rather than "female tags". It can be impossible to tell male from female before the shot if they are that young.
 
In B.C. they used to have (maybe they still do) LEH hunts for whitetails that said "antlerless or spike buck". My dad shot a "doe " that had 2 inch spikes on one of these tags. They were hidden in the hair on the head and he only saw them upon examining the kill. It is very easy not to see these antlers and this type of tag means that the animal will be legally tagged instead of thrown in the bush or reported as a mistake.
 
sms0000 said:
Did he have "buttons" on his head where the antlers would grow from? Just curious if it was a "button buck" as we call them around here or some kind of freak of nature with no potential to grow antlers. It'll taste good either way :).
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A button buck is a buck fawn. It has buttons were the antlers will grow from. Never seen a buck without antlers unless it was a fawn. To the OP, sure looks like this years fawn to me. Good eating. Our group shot 3 of these this year.
 
rral22 said:
That's why they call them "antlerless tags" rather than "female tags". It can be impossible to tell male from female before the shot if they are that young.
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I have some really good quality scopes, but I can never really tell if it has balls unless it moons me.
 
fiddler said:
I was out last week and shot a really nice big doe, and right behind it in the brush was her fawn with a big hole through her. I had to use both my antlerless tags from one bullet :(

Oh well. milk fed deer are really tasty on the bbq, just doesn't fill much space in the freezer.
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yikes! but two deer one bullet hahah!
 
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