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Post by terrifictom on May 6, 2018 18:15:31 GMT -6
Yesterday when I was up to our land with my wife for her turkey hunt saw 2 fawn carcasses on edge of food plots that were not there 2 weeks ago. That last snow storm must have done them in. Wonder how many more are laying dead in the woods.
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Post by batman on May 6, 2018 19:43:06 GMT -6
I found 5 one year. All seem to have died late. I am sure there were many many more.
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Post by sd51555 on May 6, 2018 20:55:26 GMT -6
Yesterday when I was up to our land with my wife for her turkey hunt saw 2 fawn carcasses on edge of food plots that were not there 2 weeks ago. That last snow storm must have done them in. Wonder how many more are laying dead in the woods. I've been through it a few times already, and it's a real downer. This is why fall tonnage is such a big deal to me. If I can delay the start of starvation by just a few weeks, it makes me feel a lot better. |
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Post by nhmountains on May 6, 2018 22:53:29 GMT -6
That's tough to see Tom. Every little bit of help we give them can make a difference between life and death during tough long winters. Extra food in the fall and winter. Winter rye for early spring feed. Thermal cover for the cold weather. Cover to protect them from prey, etc.
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Post by Sandbur on May 7, 2018 3:17:34 GMT -6
I think some of those fawns have the coffin nailed shut by Feb 1, but they don’t know it. I am basing this on cattle, but there are some issues where you are better off treating the better looking cattle in a group as they might be the only ones you can help.
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Post by terrifictom on May 7, 2018 5:19:28 GMT -6
I think some of those fawns have the coffin nailed shut by Feb 1, but they don’t know it. I am basing this on cattle, but there are some issues where you are better off treating the better looking cattle in a group as they might be the only ones you can help. Very true. Both of the dead ones that I found appeared to be small ones. With the mild winter last year some doe fawns got bred and had fawns that were born late. They were very small last November. Not to worried as I had plenty of does running around last fall. |
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Post by badbrad on May 7, 2018 6:21:18 GMT -6
Sucks for sure. I usually don't see fawns till mid may here.
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Post by terrifictom on May 7, 2018 6:53:13 GMT -6
Sucks for sure. I usually don't see fawns till mid may here. Brad the ones I found were last years fawns. |
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Post by badbrad on May 7, 2018 6:55:28 GMT -6
Sucks for sure. I usually don't see fawns till mid may here. Brad the ones I found were last years fawns. Oh I see. You didnd't run into them at all last year eh? Any luck turkey hunting? |
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Post by terrifictom on May 7, 2018 7:50:32 GMT -6
Brad the ones I found were last years fawns. Oh I see. You didnd't run into them at all last year eh? Any luck turkey hunting? Last year the only dead deer found were wolf kills, but last year we really had a mild winter and spring came really early. No luck turkey hunting, gobbling was non stop from 5:00 to 8:30 in morning on Saturday. Heard one gobble in distant after that all day. Saw only one hen all day, normally I see lot of hens all day. |
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Post by nhmountains on May 8, 2018 1:29:17 GMT -6
I think some of those fawns have the coffin nailed shut by Feb 1, but they don’t know it. I am basing this on cattle, but there are some issues where you are better off treating the better looking cattle in a group as they might be the only ones you can help. Very true. Both of the dead ones that I found appeared to be small ones. With the mild winter last year some doe fawns got bred and had fawns that were born late. They were very small last November. Not to worried as I had plenty of does running around last fall. I saw a lone fawn (last year's) in Vermont last weekend that couldn't have weighed 30 pounds. It was eating along I91 mid day on the greened up roadside. I doubt it would've made it through a normal hard winter. It's mother probably had been killed along the highway. |
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Post by Tooln on May 9, 2018 16:51:48 GMT -6
That sucks for sure. On a side note I would rather see mother nature take them out vs wolf kill.
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