#1715125 - 01/08/10 06:16 PM
Fawn recruitment
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richmanbarbeque
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Registered: 07/17/03
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Loc: Middle, Tn
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Let's hear your predictions. Good, bad or normal?
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#1715142 - 01/08/10 06:23 PM
Re: Fawn recruitment
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LA man
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Registered: 05/31/03
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Loc: spencer, tn/houma, la.
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WHO KNOWS, BUT I HOPE FOR GOOD
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#1715175 - 01/08/10 06:40 PM
Re: Fawn recruitment
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8 POINTS OR BETTER
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Registered: 08/15/07
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Loc: Hardin, Co.
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We had about 35% this year. I think next year will be good.
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#1715379 - 01/08/10 08:16 PM
Re: Fawn recruitment
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Quailman
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Registered: 08/04/03
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Loc: Winchester, TN
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Best year I've had so far.
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#1715607 - 01/08/10 09:53 PM
Re: Fawn recruitment
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Setterman
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Registered: 12/31/09
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Loc: Knoxville, TN
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I am worried with the poor mast crop that it may not be really high. However, with too many unknowns it is up in the air IMO.
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#1715621 - 01/08/10 10:04 PM
Re: Fawn recruitment
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Killbilly
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Loc: Branchville
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fawn recruitment in my area was poor this year. I am hoping for a good one this coming year.
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#1715904 - 01/09/10 07:13 AM
Re: Fawn recruitment
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Football Hunter
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Registered: 10/22/07
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Loc: Wilson Co/Perry Co
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I am worried with the poor mast crop that it may not be really high. However, with too many unknowns it is up in the air IMO.
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#1716128 - 01/09/10 09:44 AM
Re: Fawn recruitment
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BSK
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Loc: Nashville, TN
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Ours finally rebounded this year. In '07 it was only 19% and 25% in '08. But this year it jumped buck up towards a more healthy number of 75%.
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#1716216 - 01/09/10 11:05 AM
Re: Fawn recruitment
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megalomaniac
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Registered: 10/28/05
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Loc: Mississippi
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Main farm had great recuruitment this year... almost 1:1 doe:fawn ratio (since we had so many twins and triplets). Last year was abysmal (around 30%). I figured I wouldn't see any yearling bucks this year, but I was really surprised- I probably saw 7 or 8. They must have shifted onto my property from somewhere else.
My other farm 10 miles away never missed a beat- still running around 80% past 3 years despite the drought... but on that farm we've been hammering the does. I was actually surprised I killed a doe that was 3.5 this year, I didn't even think there were any that old 
For next year, I'm expecting an incredibly high fawn crop. All the does we killed were loaded with fat except for one who had been nursing twins. We also had a well-timed concise rut. Lots of breeding went on during the last half of the second week of ML.
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#1716223 - 01/09/10 11:18 AM
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Cy
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Registered: 09/20/09
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Loc: Wears Valley & Cannon County
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How do you estimate fawn recruitment? I'd like to look into this, but I don't know how.
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#1716225 - 01/09/10 11:22 AM
Re: Fawn recruitment
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Mike Belt
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Loc: Lakeland, Tn.
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I'm guessing 25% this year. That's not good. I'm hoping for better next year.
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#1716273 - 01/09/10 11:56 AM
Re: Fawn recruitment
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BSK
Jerkasourous of the non-typical kind
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Registered: 03/11/99
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Loc: Nashville, TN
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How do you estimate fawn recruitment? I'd like to look into this, but I don't know how.
Keep detailed records of every deer you see while hunting. Record whether the deer was an antlered buck, adult doe (1 1/2+ years old), fawn or unidentifiable deer.
To get fawn recruitment, divide the number of fawns observed by the number of adult does seen and multiply that number by 100 (expressed as a percentage).
For example, if you saw 6 fawns and 10 adult does, your observed fawn recruitment is 60% (6 fawns divided by 10 does times 100).
In a healthy herd with good fawn production and survival, fawn recruitment should be 80% or greater.
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