Yearlings, or Lack Thereof

[AKBowman]

Fawns, or yearlings?

I've been getting lots of fawns with my trail cameras.

Ive been seeing the same things we've I've been out. I haven't been out as much as I'd like lately but seen lots of fawn tracks and gotten them on cams. I think this winter/spring was good for the BT's with all of the moss and tree limbs that came down during the ice storm this winter. Tons of food for them and easy to get to makes life easy.

[mrmoskillz]

saw a set of twins at my new place yesterday.  The mom was hiding in the tree line and the fawns were in the middle of the wide open field.

[huntnphool]

Ive been seeing a lot of fawns as well.

[sako85]

I'm not seeing the fawns in the 204 either. Did watch a bear take a run on a mature whitetail doe.
In our area i think the bears and wild dogs are worse than the yotes.

[3nails]

 I just spent a week at my cabin in Thompson Falls, Montana and didn't see a fawn all week. Usually almost every doe has at least one fawn. I asked everyone I ran into over there about it and got reasons from a cold, wet birthing week to bears nailing them. It really has me scratching my head.

[Button Nubbs]

Been getting lots of fawns and calfs of my cams

[runamuk]

I have seen lots of fawns and quite a few calves ...I know on the wetside of an area with lots of twins and even triplets this year

[rebal69972]

I've been scouting on base and I think I've seen 1 fawn since spring bear ended but seen a lot of yotes on base, ta4 is loaded with dogs

[blacktailcody]

From what I have seen it has been a great year for fawns and calves.

[huntnnw]

tons of whitetail fawns from Canada to here in Spokane

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Something to consider, the fawns are still young so the mothers will leave them and wander off to eat, so you don't always see them together this time of year. Plus they are so small they are sometimes hard to spot if you're in brushy country like deerhunter_98520.

[jess]

yotes and bears are getting most of the fawn around here when the fawns are droping there is bears cruising 24/7 lookin for fawns then if they make it through that they got the packs of yotes to deal with.. Gunna be hard to find a good buck in four or five years.. And the wdfw says we dont have a problem with our big game populations.. BS!

[et1702]

Lots of fawns and calves on my trail cams, including several sets of twins.  Ran into a set of twins in the grass too while scouting a couple weeks ago. 

Also got pics of a mama bear w/twins.

ET

[grundy53]

been seeing plenty of them. Both in person and on the trail cam.

[buckfvr]

yotes and bears are getting most of the fawn around here when the fawns are droping there is bears cruising 24/7 lookin for fawns then if they make it through that they got the packs of yotes to deal with.. Gunna be hard to find a good buck in four or five years.. And the wdfw says we dont have a problem with our big game populations.. BS!

I'm not seeing the fawns in the 204 either. Did watch a bear take a run on a mature whitetail doe.
In our area i think the bears and wild dogs are worse than the yotes.

tons of whitetail fawns from Canada to here in Spokane

Two of these post apply to what I see everyday in unit 121......Sure , I can drive to town and run around the back roads where no one but the land owner and his guests can hunt, and see tons of deer, does with fawns, etc.......but as you get away from the relative safety of people and buildings, the yotes and bear are raising hell.....again , still.  All is not well with the predator  impact on our herds.