I seen a fawn

[HectorBuckBuster]

I was driving home the other night and area I always see deer cross, there was a tiny deer crossing the road ahead of me. So I slowed down and seen a deer in the brush. We stop and look at it, and we are like that is not the deer we seen cross when all of a sudden my daughter says look at the baby deer behind her in the brush, and sure enough it was a fawn with spots. I have never seen a fawn his early. I did notice that at Montezuma there is already baby bald eagles hatched in the nest.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Cograts on seeing the first. I always get excited when the first fawns are spotted. Seen them at about the 25th of April here other years, but their ahead by a few weeks. Last falls weather must have been right for early breeding. Had one do their thing in front of me on October 16th, according to my records. Figure about 200 days gestation, so that's about right for the early risers last fall.

[Cabin Fever]

Wow this is early! In my area, I'm sure there was an early rut last fall. I couldn't believe how far along the rut was, by the time season opened. The rut signs, activity, and trailcam pics over scrapes that I was seeing on the opener, I typically wouldn't see for another 2-3 weeks. I'm not talking a few rubs and half-hearted scrapes, but heavy scrape action by big mature bucks, that don't show themselves until the rut is in full swing.

[Fantail]

I agree it seems early. Well it isn't isolated.

Last weekend at camp (6k) while looking about the property in three different spots I saw fresh deer droppings, & right next to each pile another pile of tiny droppings.

If I needed another reason to buy a game cam, that was it.

[RangerClay]

Cornell did a study maaaany years ago on pregnant roadkill does. They found does that were fertilized as early as mid September and as late as early February.