Still killing pregnant does.

[Rcole1310]

A guy on our lease killed a doe a few weeks back that he discovered was pregnant. We are also seeing young fawns still with spots. This means these deer were bred around June. We've never seen anything like it. Lease manager called County biologist and he didn't know what to think either. We were wondering if we were messing them up with too much protein or something. Anyone else seeing this?

[breederbuck33]

following this one!

[solocam_aggie]

How big is the fetus??

[mudcatz71]

Wow, guess lost first one in May or June then got breed in summer???

[ajm2nac]

fallowin

[8pointer]

How big is the fetus??

This is my question

[M16]

A guy on our lease killed a doe a few weeks back that he discovered was pregnant. We are also seeing young fawns still with spots. This means these deer were bred around June. We've never seen anything like it. Lease manager called County biologist and he didn't know what to think either. We were wondering if we were messing them up with too much protein or something. Anyone else seeing this?

I'm curious how you come up with they were bred in June? Or did you mean they were born in June? There's nothing unusual about a yearling doe coming in to heat later than the rest of the does. This could be the reason you are seeing some fawns with spots.

[expressfish]

Ive got a late fawn with spots on my camera too. pics from mid october, made me wonder too.

[GTXHUNTER88]

Too much protein is not the cause, unless you have them in a pen on protein solely all deer will forage naturally even when supplementing with feeds, that being said protein has nothing to do with fecundity. Unless these doe got out of an AI program I have no clue. I've seen spotted fawns up till November before but never a fetus.

[texashelms]

Maybe late August or September

[Drycreek3189]

Fawns with spots are probably from does bred in Jan. or Feb. of this year. Doe fawns breed when they reach about 70 lb. body weight. The buck is ready from velvet peel to antler drop.

[JeffJ]

What does your sex ratio look like? 1:10 isnt unheard of in parts of Texas and it would take the bucks a long time to breed all those does.

[Rack Ranch]

Gestation period is around seven months. I think he meant she was bred in june to still have a fetus inside her.

[SaltwaterSlick]

Spotted fawns in late October is pretty common for us, even into December sometimes. I have video of fawns in January that you can still see the spots that run along their back. According to our biologist's studies (TPWD guy), our rut historically peaks in late December, so a secondary rut can occur late January, Feb, even into March... A march or April bread doe could have a fetus in November, I guess... Never seen one killed that we noticed, but I have seen does in October that were so pregnant they looked like they were about to pop. No way I'd shoot one that I thought was obviously pregnant... but I can sure see it happening.

[DTala]

Wow, guess lost first one in May or June then got breed in summer???

not likely