thoughts...Good weather,fit deer,late breeding?

[growalot]

The post of buck with doe in late February had me thinking. The buck went into and are still in good shape...young doe could be coming into first heats,again due to health. So it begs the question will this winter produce late dropped fawn and more than usual?

[turkeyfeathers]

I think so . Friend saw two big bucks chasing does the last week. One was in his neighborhood and said the two of them ripped up his and neighbors lawn while running all over.

[Critter4321]

I did not even see many young does last season to have a late heat, But you could be right with the health and a higher birth rate. I can say we farm over 1000 acres of hay ground and did not catch a single fawn in the hay machines last year where we usually get 4-8 per year so ya a easy winter late heat and more fawns kind of go hand in hand its going to be a couple years to make up for the last three winters though.

[Larry]

A doe fawn has to reach about 80lb before she is able to breed. About 20% of doe fawns are bread each year usually in mid to late December. Remember gestation is about 200 days that would mean fawns would be doped in July or August. if the were bread today.

Edited February 25, 2016 by Larry

[chas0218]

Yeah that might explain the fawn with spots that went sprinting by my stand in late October only a few minutes before my 6 point bow buck came thru.