Weird !

[fasteddie]

Pulled Cam Cards in Geneseo today . This was weird !

[NFA-ADK]

Wow!

[doebuck1234]

Friday morning a buddy and i were standing outside having a smoke and there was 5 coming out of a field.one looked realllly small compared to the rest

[fasteddie]

Small with no spots . Must be 2-3 months old or it's a Dwarf Deer .

 

[turkeyfeathers]

So born in December?! Peculiar 

Edited April 14, 2019 by turkeyfeathers

[nyslowhand]

Lets see if I get this 200 day gestation math correct. The typical or main November rut conceived fawns are usually born late May or so. So.. if a fawn was conceived during any subsequent Dec, Jan rut activities - they could be born in late July, early August. Have to imagine one of these later birthed fawns would have a very short period of bountiful food sources available and have a hard time surviving the winter being so young. Obviously, they can per the photo evidence!!

Eddie, you'll have to contact Bill Nye the science guy, but I don't think deer are prone to dwarfism. Ground shrinkage maybe...

[turkeyfeathers]

Lol at ground shrinkage 

[crappyice]

Lol at ground shrinkage 

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[fasteddie]

7 hours ago, nyslowhand said:

Eddie, you'll have to contact Bill Nye the science guy, but I don't think deer are prone to dwarfism. Ground shrinkage maybe...

I was being facetious about the dwarfism .  I think Bill Nye is a phoney .......

[wolc123]

7 hours ago, nyslowhand said:

So.. if a fawn was conceived during any subsequent Dec, Jan rut activities - they could be born in late July, early August. Have to imagine one of these later birthed fawns would have a very short period of bountiful food sources available and have a hard time surviving the winter being so young. Obviously, they can per the photo evidence!!

 

I would go along with this.  Also, that might be one of them "extra big" does.  It don't seem too "weird" to me.    I have seen some tiny deer during hunting season, including one little doe fawn that a buddy killed at our place, that would fit in a game bag on the back of a jacket.  In a normal winter with lots of snow, the coyotes would likely take out most of those late-born ones.  The light and short-lasting snow this winter must have enabled most of them to survive.      

[First-light]

We have seen fawns during the January shot gun season down here on the Island with spots. Then again there is so much shit in the drinking water......lol

[Robhuntandfish]

I have seen deer so small in the fall when hunting they could walk right under a fence without its back touching. Wouldn't think it would grow much in the winter and have seen some small 1.5 yr olds too.  Prob just a late bloomer

[Nytracker]

That's a cow doe ... she did well through the winter no ribs  yet .  Yearling  with her doesn't look bad from the pic. I think it's an average yearling with a huge doe . We dont see many super mature does anymore  with all the doe permits being filled.  My biggest doe was killed in woodhull area back in 1984. DEC weighed  her at 160 lbs . And aged her at 7.5 years old .

[Pygmy]

Pygmy deer....

[landtracdeerhunter]

Good size ma ma doe.

[Swamp_bucks]

I think mixture of later fawn and huge doe.  I have 2 fawns that go through my lawn every night with a big doe.  The smaller of the fawns and doe are about the difference between those 2.

[Lawdwaz]

31 minutes ago, Pygmy said:

Pygmy deer....

You might could have something invested in this, sir?

[Pygmy]

1 hour ago, Lawdwaz said:

You might could have something invested in this, sir?

Naaaaw…..I can't RUN that fast....

[ny hunter]

I saw 3 small deer last week in Westchester I thought they were born late last year..

[fasteddie]

3 hours ago, Pygmy said:

Pygmy deer....

Your deer is lost Pygmy !

[LET EM GROW]

I was trying to wonder what was so weird with the picture lol, Had to read the comments.  There have been a lot of small deer around lately, some smaller than what normal would seem.. I have even heard it from some friends in their travels lately.

We Just need to remember that March is the hardest Month for them, Probably the month they are going to look the worst/smallest.. 

If a 6 month old deer (+- a month or 2) makes it, the winter must have been as harsh as some think... They are built to survive no doubt

[Daveboone]

I also couldn't figure out what was wrong, or possibly, till I read the following notes. I have frequently seen much smaller fawns/ yearlings. Considering the relatively short growth time from birth in the spring to fall, if you have a late conceived doe, (even several weeks/month) they are going to be significantly smaller than their fellow babies.

[phade]

I see nothing wrong, and there is a form of "dwarfism" in whitetails. They have smaller bodies/short stubby legs. Pretty rare.

[dbHunterNY]

runt or simply later born. momma doe seems to be not mature but still middle aged. the little skipper will be totally fine.

[fasteddie]

It dawned on me that during Crossbow and early gun season that I came across a spotted fawn a couple times . Opening day of gun season my oldest son saw the spotted fawn . I bet the picture of the small deer I posted is that fawn and it made it through the winter .