Is it me or did the does give birth late this year ???

[pete2018]

I can understand see fawns with spots in archery season. But I I have been letting a lot of does walk just like this morning because the fawns are super small and still have spots ??? I hunt in south Ga..

 

[watermedic]

I had a fawn covered in spots and looked to be about 25 lbs under me yesterday evening.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I saw some little bitty ones last week.

 

[Ray357]

I can understand see fawns with spots in archery season. But I I have been letting a lot of does walk just like this morning because the fawns are super small and still have spots ??? I hunt in south Ga..

Around here, there was a very late, what I would call 3rd rut.

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

My buddy shot a doe 2 nights ago that had almost a full size fawn in her....she was ready to drop. She just looked real healthy not really like she was carrying. Does anyone know the gestation period for a deer ?

 

[fi8shmasty]

I've seen deer breeding from October untill late February.

 

[rugerfan]

My buddy shot a doe 2 nights ago that had almost a full size fawn in her....she was ready to drop. She just looked real healthy not really like she was carrying. Does anyone know the gestation period for a deer ?

According to what I just read online, the gestation period is roughly 200 days. Which is what, around 6 and 3/4 months. So that deer was bred in March????

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

Must be....I think if we had a more defined rut they would be on a more predictable schedule. I shot a buck one year smoking a doe opening day of archery season which is Sept 15. My neighbor killed a good buck yesterday evening, neck all swoll and hocks all pizzed up. Usually just the youngsters are showing out this early. I guess it’s our fluctuating weather.

 

[rugerfan]

Must be....I think if we had a more defined rut they would be on a more predictable schedule. I shot a buck one year smoking a doe opening day of archery season which is Sept 15. My neighbor killed a good buck yesterday evening, neck all swoll and hocks all pizzed up. Usually just the youngsters are showing out this early. I guess it’s our fluctuating weather.

Yeah, I saw chasing last weekend, when I left the truck at 5:50 am, it was 46 degrees, high for that day was 64. Now this weekend the low is 62 and the high is going to be 80. I honestly believe that the rut comes in and out these days, due to weather and when does in the area come into cycle.

 

[slipknot]

Yea, Ive noticed a lot in S GA

 

[brownceluse]

I have one with spots coming to a feeder every day.

 

[NCHillbilly]

The funny part, some of the ones I've seen are nearly as big as mama, and some still are tiny with faint spots.

 

[Cmcharles]

In our area the doe population is way up. Too many does and they can’t all get bred 1st or 2nd go round. I know for me we need to tighten our ratio back up.

 

[Tadder]

YEP, got fawns with spots all over em.

 

[Jim Boyd]

There are variances in nature but in general, the years even out

 

[RossVegas]

I haven't seen any this year, but did see some about this time last year with spots still on them.

 

[amoore28]

I can understand see fawns with spots in archery season. But I I have been letting a lot of does walk just like this morning because the fawns are super small and still have spots ??? I hunt in south Ga..

I have seen three different does this season with twin fawn with spots in Turner County

 

[Rackinup]

I can understand see fawns with spots in archery season. But I I have been letting a lot of does walk just like this morning because the fawns are super small and still have spots ??? I hunt in south Ga..

I was wondering the same thing. (Date is correct, time is not lol)

 

[buckpasser]

2020 is screwed up every which way...

 

[hambone76]

We have a November and December rut at my lease. I’m sure in highly populated areas, like ours, there might be more breeding to occur another 28 and even 56 days later.