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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: Instinct on March 04, 2011, 06:04:05 PM

Title: deer fawns
Post by: Instinct on March 04, 2011, 06:04:05 PM: Just curious when the deer start giving birth to fawns? Didn't get out much this year n predator hunt so was thinking about the birthing season n use a fawn n distress.
Title: Re: deer fawns
Post by: rb2506 on March 04, 2011, 06:26:55 PM: late may - june but the distress call works for me year round
Title: Re: deer fawns
Post by: bhylton on March 06, 2011, 07:37:43 PM: do you use an electronic call for the fawn distress? i would like to do it with a mounth call but i dont really know what is supposed to sund like :dunno:
Title: Re: deer fawns
Post by: trippledigitss on March 07, 2011, 09:39:56 AM: Sounds like a crying baby to me. waaaa whaaaa waaaa :dunno:
Title: Re: deer fawns
Post by: bhylton on March 07, 2011, 10:10:45 PM: have you used it was any success? mouth or electric call?
Title: Re: deer fawns
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on March 07, 2011, 10:17:34 PM: The sound is pretty close to the Cottontail Distress sound. Has to be, because when I blow the Cottontail Distress, the deer come running! And I know that deer don't eat rabbits.
Title: Re: deer fawns
Post by: trippledigitss on March 08, 2011, 11:34:14 AM: Quote from: Heredoggydoggy on March 07, 2011, 10:17:34 PM
The sound is pretty close to the Cottontail Distress sound. Has to be, because when I blow the Cottontail Distress, the deer come running! And I know that deer don't eat rabbits.
Yeah, me too! Last year me & FC were calling this little field and using jack & cottontail distress and this doe and fawn came out and were totally checking out the call & decoy. Then about a half hour later a spike came out to see what was going on!

But I dont use fawn distress much for yotes and have never had any success calling one in with it. Much better with pup or rabbit distress. I use both mouth & electronic calls. I think it is slightly more drawn out & longer than rabbit distress since the deer have bigger lung capacity.
Title: Re: deer fawns
Post by: Kain on March 08, 2011, 12:55:25 PM: Quote from: bhylton on March 06, 2011, 07:37:43 PM
do you use an electronic call for the fawn distress? i would like to do it with a mounth call but i dont really know what is supposed to sund like :dunno:

What fawn bleats sound like. :chuckle: :chuckle:

Baby deer bleating (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK7cXv9gqoE#)
Fawn calling mom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n1EJprDCsI#)
Crying buck fawn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3pjjrxspVY#)
Title: Re: deer fawns
Post by: bhylton on March 08, 2011, 01:29:27 PM: ive heard of people calling in deer with that call. thats awsome. so if im hunting in an area that dosent have rabbits, and they fawn distress dosent seem to work....? :dunno:
Title: Re: deer fawns
Post by: trippledigitss on March 08, 2011, 01:51:07 PM: if the fawn doesnt work go with a pup distress, or pup whines. Right now that should be the go to call anyway. Or you might try some female barks, whimpers, howls, but when you get into coyote vocalizations it can be a bit more tricky. You dont want to say something that will offend them and run them off! :chuckle: Rabbit distress may work even if there are none in the area, they may come in out of curiousity or a nostalgic hunger for some bunny nuggets! :P Pretty soon I think they will be hunting more since they have pups and later in the year bringing the young'ns out for their 1st hunt - isnt that right guys?
Title: Re: deer fawns
Post by: h20hunter on March 08, 2011, 02:10:52 PM: Quote from: Heredoggydoggy on March 07, 2011, 10:17:34 PM
The sound is pretty close to the Cottontail Distress sound. Has to be, because when I blow the Cottontail Distress, the deer come running! And I know that deer don't eat rabbits.

Some deer will eat anything!
Title: Re: deer fawns
Post by: bhylton on March 08, 2011, 03:14:49 PM: great advice. thanks!