At 405 yds with my 7mm STW and she was DRT!
I noticed how big she was compared to the other 1 year old does with her so being in a MLD, I knew to weigh her. She weighed 110# live and 87# field dressed. She was 2 1/2 yr old with the milk teeth still intact. While dressing her I noticed the umbilical sack that contained the fawns and how large it was. I searched for a fawn to note its size and found a hoof the size of a quarter and a head the size of an orange. OMG!!! These fawns, 2- a buck and a doe, were fully formed and within a week or days of being born. This doe already had milk and would have had these very soon. How could this be true???
The gestation of a deer is usually around 7 months and bucks aren't supposed to be able to breed with soft antlers or in days that are getting longer, as in June or July. These fawns would have probably not survived the rest of the winter and this doe would have missed another fawn crop. If she lost this past years fawns and came back in heat in the middle of the summer, how many other deer could have done this? How was she bred in that time of year and why? Think of what this can do to a deer herd over a couple of years!!! The is crazy stuff!!!
What's the Green Screen's thoughts on this one? I'm blown away thinking of the adverse effect this could have on the deer herd.
I noticed how big she was compared to the other 1 year old does with her so being in a MLD, I knew to weigh her. She weighed 110# live and 87# field dressed. She was 2 1/2 yr old with the milk teeth still intact. While dressing her I noticed the umbilical sack that contained the fawns and how large it was. I searched for a fawn to note its size and found a hoof the size of a quarter and a head the size of an orange. OMG!!! These fawns, 2- a buck and a doe, were fully formed and within a week or days of being born. This doe already had milk and would have had these very soon. How could this be true???
The gestation of a deer is usually around 7 months and bucks aren't supposed to be able to breed with soft antlers or in days that are getting longer, as in June or July. These fawns would have probably not survived the rest of the winter and this doe would have missed another fawn crop. If she lost this past years fawns and came back in heat in the middle of the summer, how many other deer could have done this? How was she bred in that time of year and why? Think of what this can do to a deer herd over a couple of years!!! The is crazy stuff!!!
What's the Green Screen's thoughts on this one? I'm blown away thinking of the adverse effect this could have on the deer herd.
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