Little worried on this.......

[growalot]

I've never seen a deer with such prominent ribs showing this time of year...especially with the amount of food around...what do you think?

Also look at the times on last two pics...what do you think that blur is?May have a deer to call the flash?...lol .....or an active owl?

[Dave]

That doe sure sure looks thin and you can see her hip bone. She maybe injured and can't feed, hope she makes it and the coyotes don't get her.

Dave

[landtracdeerhunter]

She may have worms or maybe fawns drawing her down, or both.  They can be pulled down pretty low with fawns.

[ELMER J. FUDD]

Is this in Poughkeepsie? I see lots of people who look like that.

[RTF]

I saw a deer just like that the other night near Milford NY. Ribs were showing just as yours.

[sweet old bill]

the deer in our area seem to look a lot like that with you can see the ribs. I think it was a very hard winter, never got the Jan warmup, lots of deep snow and no a lot of food was around this year.

[Doc]

The consistancy of the hair on the summer coat tends to show every body feature because it is much finer than the larger hair diameter and heavier winter coat. Also, as has been mentioned, feeding fawns does take a bit out of their weight gain. Some just show it more than others. Around here, at this time of year, you do see a lot of "ribby" looking does. But by the time hunting season rolls around, they look just fine.