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Re: True or False?

Unread postby JV NC » Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:09 pm

You're correct. It's not really a matter of "opinion". It just IS.

But, after deer season, I can't think of any reason to identify them as either fawn or yearling. So, for all intents and purposes......once a fawn lives through deer season....he/she's a yearling as far as I'm concerned. It will be when hunting season comes around.


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Re: True or False?

Unread postby Autumn Ninja » Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:53 pm

True :doh:
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Re: True or False?

Unread postby Schultzy » Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:00 pm

A fawn Is fawn to me till It turns a year old.
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Re: True or False?

Unread postby rudy78 » Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:24 pm

Stanley wrote:I think true is the best answer. Yearling is in it's second year, fawn is in it's first year.


this is why I understand it but here so many guys call fawns yearlings all the time, like they think a fawn is only a deer with spots, my dad does this all the time, wiki says fawn til year, then yearling for a year.

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Re: True or False?

Unread postby Dewey » Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:36 pm

I have always called a 1 1/2 year old deer a yearling and of course a deer born this year a fawn until next season then it will be a yearling as well.

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Re: True or False?

Unread postby magicman54494 » Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:57 pm

The confusion is all in the timing. We hunt in the fall not the spring. A 1/2 year old is a fawn and a 1 1/2 year old is a yearling.
Eithor way I consider them both yummy! :D
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Re: True or False?

Unread postby goldtip5575 » Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:59 pm

a yearling is any animal that is around one year of age.
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Re: True or False?

Unread postby RaisedByWolves » Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:06 pm

magicman54494 wrote:The confusion is all in the timing. We hunt in the fall not the spring. A 1/2 year old is a fawn and a 1 1/2 year old is a yearling.
Eithor way I consider them both yummy! :D

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Re: True or False?

Unread postby Southern Man » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:35 am

dan wrote:I always considered anything less than one year old a yearling and a fawn. I thought a fawn became a yearling when it lost its spots....


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Re: True or False?

Unread postby headgear » Thu Dec 01, 2011 2:56 am

Zap wrote:fawn first 12 months.
yearling second 12 months.


This one, although I guess I don't use the term yearling all that often.
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Re: True or False?

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Thu Dec 01, 2011 5:15 am

Spots = fawn (IMO)

When is a kitten a cat or a puppy a dog???

Young - not so young - mature
small - big - bigger
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Re: True or False?

Unread postby Brandon » Thu Dec 01, 2011 5:21 am

1st set of hard horns is a yearling.

Button Bucks are fawns that just lost there spots.

We use the term "yearling" on the small does (not fawns but smaller than momma) mostly.

"This morning a saw a big doe, 2 yearlings, a fork horn and 1 button buck." for example.

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Re: True or False?

Unread postby Kodiakman » Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:05 am

True, and that is how i have refered to them for many years now. maybe it's because of all the shows I used to wacth on TV, but I had a hard time not calling a small deer that wasn't 55lbs something other than a fawn. IMO.
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Re: True or False?

Unread postby GRUD » Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:28 pm

Definition: A horse or pony of either sex that is under one year of age.

Since I am the Fawnmaster, a yearling is technically by definition under one year old. And that is exactly what I refer to as a yearling. A fawn has spots like the one in my avitar. I like those because I can pick a spot to shoot at.
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Re: True or False?

Unread postby Spysar » Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:33 pm

GRUD wrote:Definition: A horse or pony of either sex that is under one year of age.

Since I am the Fawnmaster, a yearling is technically by definition under one year old. And that is exactly what I refer to as a yearling. A fawn has spots like the one in my avitar. I like those because I can pick a spot to shoot at.


Here's a definition I found online:

YearlingFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search
Look up yearling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Yearling may refer to:

Yearling (biology, zoology), an animal in its second year of life.
Yearling (horse), a horse between one and two years of age.
in titles or proper names:
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