Late Fawn

[NonTypical]

I’ve been seeing this fawn around all season. Since it still has it’s spots, I’m thinking conceived in February at the earliest. It just goes to show how important it is to manage your deer herd and keep the does in check. And for anyone that doubts that there might be a second or third rut, pics don’t lie. I’d say the poor thing must be a bit cold with the summer coat and 17* temps. 

[First-light]

We see fawns with spots at the January firearm season on LI. 

[Lawdwaz]

Probably won’t survive the winter??

[NonTypical]

50 minutes ago, Lawdwaz said:

Probably won’t survive the winter??

It’ll really depend on the weather. If it stays cold, I doubt it. 

[Four Season Whitetail's]

That Fawn has 1 of 2 things against it already. Inbred or Sick. Look at the rough coat on it. I would bet that Fawn has looked like that for quite some time. In the wild a February breeding would be unlikely. Possible for sure but unlikely. Couple state parks on islands around here that don't allow hunting has fawns that look just like this one. Inbreeding.


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[NonTypical]

49 minutes ago, Four Season Whitetail's said:

That Fawn has 1 of 2 things against it already. Inbred or Sick. Look at the rough coat on it. I would bet that Fawn has looked like that for quite some time. In the wild a February breeding would be unlikely. Possible for sure but unlikely. Couple state parks on islands around here that don't allow hunting has fawns that look just like this one. Inbreeding.


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The coat has only been rough like that for the last week or so. I believe it is getting its winter coat starting to come in. February breeding here is quite common, especially when doe to buck ratios often exceed 10:1. Here’s a pic of the fawn from 2 weeks ago. 

I have pics from 2 years ago of a hot doe with 3-4 bucks on 1/25. 

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[NonTypical]

I had at one point several videos from that evening, including at least 3 different mature bucks chasing this one doe around for hours. 

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[Hock3y24]

My dad found a freshly dropped fawn in August.

[NonTypical]

[NonTypical]

Well, the fawn made it through our mild winter. 

[Lawdwaz]

Still has spots, WTH??

[NonTypical]

What’s the chances that she keeps her spots and summer coat from last year?

[G-Man]

3 minutes ago, NonTypical said:

What’s the chances that she keeps her spots and summer coat from last year?

None.. she hair simply wears off the spots, and then add in shedding of winter coat and growing of new summer...