Thread: Telling if a hind has a fawn.

It's always a dilemma, eh. Deciding if a hind has a fawn and whether to shoot or not.

My approach is to er on the side of caution through to April or so. Although I have been known to shoot the fawn first, and then the hind - but that was when they had a price on their head.

I watched this one for quite a while:

She was out at 5pm which sort of said she had fawned and was hungry
She was on her own, another sign she might have a fawn
Her hips were a bit pronounced and slightly hollow gutted like she had fawned
I couldn't spot an udder
Her head and stature made her look like she wasn't very old - but over 3? if under 3 she probably didn't have a fawn.
She didnt look back to the bush like they do when they have planted a fawn
She didnt stay out very long, maybe an hour, then she went back into the bush and disappeared. Back to a fawn?

The young bloke with me was busting to shoot her but I made him hold off. I was pleased when she disappeared back into the trees. He got a spiker later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF1hOK05snA