Not many and they would most likely be now hunters.

The only spotted fawns I've ever seen killed was on a school fundraiser hunt. Those coonasses will shoot anything, and most of them can't shoot worth a chit.

I checked a guy and his girlfriend hunting in Greene Co and she had killed a fawn with spots. Got a commendation for it too. She said it was too dark to see the spots when she shot it. I guess it's 30 pound weight wasn't enough of a clue for her.

To dark to see the white spots . Lol

should the dcnr outlaw shooting yearlings and put, say a 100lb weight limit on deer?

personally i dont agree with shooting either one, but there really isnt much difference between a spotted fawn and one that lost his spots a month prior. Neither one is worth the time and effort, but thats just me.

It is all about perception. As was stated, no biological difference. Would be curious if any state allows.

It is all about perception. As was stated, no biological difference. Would be curious if any state allows.

It's a deer eating food. It's just a mouth.

Biologically it's no different than shooting a "young, tender squirrel" or a mallard that hatched in March. But God forbid someone look crossways at BAMBI because you'll burn in hell for even thinking about anything other than save that precious baybeeee.

Really, WTF do y'all think is going to shoot a spotted fawn AND TELL ANYONE since it's obvious that doing so would result in the rack, tarring, feathering, quartering and being made to listen to Rocky Top until your eyes bleed?

If they do, so what. It's a deer. It ain't the end of the world.

Your bigger picture that everyone is ignoring while crying Disney tears is "Why did this happen and who's pushing it?" Because something like this coming out of nowhere usually means there's some kind of agenda in the works.

That's what I've said from the beginning. Who and why? It was sitting there bothering no one. Someone pushed it and they somehow will benefit from it. But how? What are Alabama hunters going have to give up in order to get this new rule? A rule the hunters didn't ask for. But who, why and how will they benefit?

Yep.

No one gives two flips about them instituting a limit on frogs by anyone out gigging.

But money's involved with deer and turkeys. Always. Changing anything means someone, somewhere is pushing something, wanting something, trading something, asking for something or demanding something, and we'll probably find out soon. Or, someone got in trouble for shooting one and this change is a retroactive move. Maybe all of the above.

Cynical? Yep. But that's where we're at now after the last 15 years.

I went back and looked at the minutes from the CAB meeting in May. Evidently, there was a meeting prior where the CAB members received a packet laying out any changes to seasons and bag limits. They voted and passed this packet. What was in this packet??? Guess we know one thing that was there. So, if it was in the packet, the CAB was involved. I think someone is pulling the wool over some CAB members eyes. Still, who, why, and how will they benefit?

So what about people who have gotten in trouble for shooting one in the past? Do they get reimbursed for fines or what? I don't know what the penalty was for shooting a spotted fawn but shouldn't the folks who got in trouble beforehand be absolved of any wrongdoing? Albeit, they did know it was against the law when they did it the first time so maybe they arent due for any sort of recourse?

You're not serious, are you?

If it weren't for the one "Super Observant " guy that happened to notice that shooting fawns had been dropped from the regs, and that Facebook interaction between him and the Al dept of whatever? 99.9999% of the deer hunting world wouldn't even know there had been a change. I checked the regs to see if they had messed with doe days and didn't even notice that fawns had been dropped.

As was stated in the texts provided by the OP: no reason biologically to not shoot them. In fact, pound for pound, they require more food and produce no offspring. From that standpoint, they are just another mouth in the herd that doesn't contribute.

That said, I have no desire to shoot one. I won't even shoot a lone "doe" for fear it might be a button buck. That's just my feelings on it, but if one were intensely managing their herd, shooting yearling deer might be part of the program. The vast majority of fawns, by now, have lost their spots anyway. We have one of the latest ruts in the state, and I've not had a spotted fawn on cam in a couple of weeks. JMO YMMV.

I think, by and large, that's correct, but Alabama is also slowly coming in to the modern age of game management. 30 years ago, lots of old timers squawked about shooting does. "There won't be no deer left if you kills the mommas." Damned if we don't have more deer today than we did 30 years ago.

Spots should be left alone once they get a little bigger I see no problem in places to shot them . Here where I hunt they just become another mouth in places ever fawn is needed.

As season goes by if I'm see a lot of yearling deer I'll kill one or two . I don't I won't. When I hunt other places I only shoot grown deer

Other than a few pounds and the color of it's coat, what's the practical difference in shooting a spotted fawn in October, or the same deer without spots in December?

Feelings.