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First Proof of This I've Seen... #7676848
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A local permitted deer rehabber sent me this today. A doe that he raised/bottle-fed had a fawn today (September 22nd). This doe is 1.5 years old, so she was a yearling last fall.

The enclosure is designed so the deer can jump in and out as they get old enough to do so. 100% wild bucks also have been observed jumping in there over the years.

With a whitetail's 200 day gestation...this would be a late Feb/early March breeding for a late September birthing.

I've read and was taught in college that this happens but this is a first proof for me.

I'm gonna have to look more closely at these single doe deer before I arrow one now...

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Re: First Proof of This I've Seen... [Re: Swamp Wolf] #7676860
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Very interesting Swampwolf! So I guess she wouldn’t have made the weight requirement to go into her first cycle at a normal time? And then maybe didn’t get bred the first time around on top of that? Is yalls rut generally in October?

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We have had a couple instances of this in my area this year as well. Fawns sighted within the last couple weeks just having been born. What is happening to cause this?

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Southwest Alabama regularly still has spotted fawns in November.


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Re: First Proof of This I've Seen... [Re: Tony1967] #7676869
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Originally Posted by Tony1967
We have had a couple instances of this in my area this year as well. Fawns sighted within the last couple weeks just having been born. What is happening to cause this?

6 month old fawns will sometimes reach a very healthy body wt and physical condition that triggers them coming into heat in late winter.

Another factor that may contribute is a high doe population and a low buck population...

And/or, as Warrior stated: a historically later breeding cycle in certain regions of the country.


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Re: First Proof of This I've Seen... [Re: sportsman94] #7676872
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Originally Posted by sportsman94
Very interesting Swampwolf! So I guess she wouldn’t have made the weight requirement to go into her first cycle at a normal time? And then maybe didn’t get bred the first time around on top of that? Is yalls rut generally in October?

Yes..she must have reached a very good physical condition in late, late winter and came into heat.

Approx 90% or more of doe deer here are bred from mid October to Halloween.

In the early 2000's, we (DNR staff) collected the reproductive tracts from 70 does harvested near the Ga-Fl line in early December. 5% were bred in late Sept. 90% were bred in late October, 5% were not yet visibly bred when they were killed in December.

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Re: First Proof of This I've Seen... [Re: Swamp Wolf] #7676884
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Heard of a doe being shot in mid December that was near full term

Shooter never considered she was heavy bred and not just fat

Re: First Proof of This I've Seen... [Re: Swamp Wolf] #7676887
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I’d think with our climate they could breed all year. I’ve spotted fawns in December. Got video of a nice antlered buck and one that had shed, hard on a doe in early April. That antlered buck wanted to fight but that shed buck wanted no part of it without head gear.

I’m confused on the terminology. I thought 1st year deer we’re fawns, the next year they’re yearlings or 1.5yr old deer. Are you calling them fawns just until they lose their spots then call them yearlings during that first year?

Re: First Proof of This I've Seen... [Re: BTLowry] #7676888
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Originally Posted by BTLowry
Heard of a doe being shot in mid December that was near full term

Shooter never considered she was heavy bred and not just fat

Sorta has me to thinking about all those does I've seen and killed over the years that didn't have a yearling with them but they had milk in their udders....in Sept, Oct, Nov, and Dec.

With a newborn fawn now, it will be several weeks before the doe will let the fawn follow her to food sources.....hmmm.


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Re: First Proof of This I've Seen... [Re: Wanna Be] #7676892
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Originally Posted by Wanna Be


I’m confused on the terminology. I thought 1st year deer we’re fawns, the next year they’re yearlings or 1.5yr old deer. Are you calling them fawns just until they lose their spots then call them yearlings during that first year?


Yes....just the way I've always referred to them.

Fawns = spots.

Yearling = after spots fade but still with doe for rest of year.

I refer to 1.5 year old bucks as yearling bucks.

Not written in stone.....just the way I've always referred to em.

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Re: First Proof of This I've Seen... [Re: Swamp Wolf] #7676904
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A doe will go into heat over and over until she's bred. I think they usually are done about May-June or so.

Technically she would ( by most biologists aging ) have been a fawn when bred. Some people consider them yearlings after their first winter.

I forget the weight they need to be to be able to breed. It's somewhere around 60-70 lbs. So if she was born normally in May-June, and had good feed to gain weight it's entirely possible for her to be bred. I do believe I read somewhere that they are later than adult does coming into heat.

I was muzzle loader hunting in January a couple years ago. A doe walked up and just as I was going to pull the trigger her bright spotted fawn came up and started nursing. I let her walk. That fawn couldn't have been more than 2 months old.

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Re: First Proof of This I've Seen... [Re: Swamp Wolf] #7676909
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The only other time I've seen any evidence of this was two fully-spotted fawns with a doe on Thanksgiving day....but they appeared to be a couple months or a bit older.

I've always assumed that most late born fawns don't make it as the sightings here of fawns that fall in this category are rare.


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Originally Posted by Swamp Wolf
Originally Posted by Wanna Be


I’m confused on the terminology. I thought 1st year deer we’re fawns, the next year they’re yearlings or 1.5yr old deer. Are you calling them fawns just until they lose their spots then call them yearlings during that first year?


Yes....just the way I've always referred to them.

Fawns = spots.

Yearling = after spots fade but still with doe for rest of year.

I refer to 1.5 year old bucks as yearling bucks.

Not written in stone.....just the way I've always referred to em.



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Re: First Proof of This I've Seen... [Re: Swamp Wolf] #7676919
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I should of kept the picture, but I just had a pic on my trail cam of a really small fawn with white spots and a Doe on Sept 14th.
I figured she came in heat a 2nd time and got bred. Wonder how that fawn will do this winter.


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Wow JPark, I was reading the OPs post thinking it is his southern climate but your post has me surprised


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Off the topic of deer, but I’ve always said this pertains to turkeys as well. I’ve seen poults towards the end of summer the size of a softball.

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Look at this pic…and yes the date and temp are right, lol. Welcome to the south.
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Park
I should of kept the picture, but I just had a pic on my trail cam of a really small fawn with white spots and a Doe on Sept 14th.
I figured she came in heat a 2nd time and got bred. Wonder how that fawn will do this winter.

Probably not too good in your northern climate..


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Originally Posted by Leftlane
Wow JPark, I was reading the OPs post thinking it is his southern climate but your post has me surprised


Ya I thought it was normal for deer down south to have fawns during fall because of their warmer climate. Figured it was the fawns coming into heat around the 9 month old range for their first time.

I’ll probably have more pics of that fawn and Doe the next time I check that camera. I’ll post the pics if I get them, and remember.


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Originally Posted by Swamp Wolf
Originally Posted by Jurassic Park
I should of kept the picture, but I just had a pic on my trail cam of a really small fawn with white spots and a Doe on Sept 14th.
I figured she came in heat a 2nd time and got bred. Wonder how that fawn will do this winter.

Probably not too good in your northern climate..


I agree! I think those ones become Wolf food for the most part.


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