Anyone ever had deer veal...errrr veniveal?

[Mesophilic]

Had anyone ever tasted faun?  Wondering if it might be tender and awesome like bovine veal.

This a.m. I got a call from Fish N Game,  asking if I wanted to purchase a faun carcass.  "Heck yeah! I'll be there in 10 mins!"

Well, they decided not to put it down.  Broken leg, but had a will to fight to live.  Though I was a little disappointed I wouldn't be having deer veal, at least it might grow up to be a nice buck or mother a future refill of hunting opportunities.   The distinct advantage our city deer have is hiding in yards with fences so the yotes can't  get them very easily,  so survival is possible to a certain degree.

[Outbackbob48]

Most of our fawns are born last week in May so I guess they are still fawns without spots come first of October. Mighty fine table fair,  just not much meat. Bob

[JEB]

Young deer are good eating.

Interesting that they wanted to sell it to you though.

[Hawkdancer]

Most excellent!  Packed one out n my day pack one time - maybe 30# of the best venison ever!
Hawkdancer

[chamookman]

Got a Road kill that was just out of Spots one time - just clipped the head. Friends had a small store with a cooler - skinned it and hung it for a week. The VERY best Venison I ever had ! Melt in Ur Mouth - mmmmmm    ! Bob

[mullet]

Like everybody else said, Yummy. Pretty, pink meat.

[Pappy]

Yep good eating for sure, if you got 30 lbs of meat out of one your fawns must be a lot bigger than ours. Ours would be lucky to go 30 field dressed when they still have spots.  by the time you skin/bone and clean up a bit their ant a lot of meat.
 Pappy

[Eric Krewson]

I got as surprise one time; I was following a pick-up on a back road after dark when a fawn ran in front of the truck and was hit. The people in the truck were not hunters and wanted to call the game warden. I said I will take care of it, picked up the fawn, threw it in my truck and got ready to drive off. The were saying stuff like we don't want it but you will get in trouble for picking it up  and such, I knew better.

I took the fawn home a cut it up, it had been hit in the head so there was no body damage.

I was expecting great things from this deer but the meat was the toughest, stringiest meat I ever ate. It was late in the season, perhaps the deer was stressed from lack of food but it sure wasn't like other small deer I had eaten in the past.

[Ed Brooks]

My kids killed one with spots one summer. When I sag they killed it, it’s kinda a stretch. They road their bikes to a friends house. There was a fawn in the fenced garden. It spooked and ran full speed into the far end of the fence, broke its neck. My friend wasn’t to keen on eating a fawn, until it was cooked. It was tasty for sure. Ed.

[Pat B]

A fawn deer this time of year wouldn't be veal anyway because they are already eating regular deer food and not just mother's milk like veal would be. Saying that, I'd definitely eat deer veal if I had it.        

[sleek]

Ate a few road kills. Damn fine eating.

[JW_Halverson]

Ate a few road kills. Damn fine eating.

Knowing you, I am surprised you have not gnawed off your own left arm.   

[sleek]

Ate a few road kills. Damn fine eating.

Knowing you, I am surprised you have not gnawed off your own left arm.   

I need to draw a bow somehow!

[JW_Halverson]

Ate a few road kills. Damn fine eating.

Knowing you, I am surprised you have not gnawed off your own left arm.   

I need to draw a bow somehow!

You got a point there. Fortunately, your hat covers it.

[vinemaplebows]

With just my wife and myself, I try to target fawns in late December. My reasoning is your are doing exactly what most predators key in on, young, weak, or sick. I figure if I shot an adult doe the fawn she carries is dead as well, a net 2 deer loss, maybe more if a area has few deer to begin with. Harvesting an fawn in the late fall is a net zero loss, as the fawn is replaced in the spring.
I have harvested 2 fawns from one doe over the past 3 yrs both fawns fell within 20 ft of one another.

My .02