#2102424 - 10/07/10 07:48 PM
Runt deer ????
|
whistlinwingman
8 Point
Registered: 07/11/05
Posts: 1824
Loc: Morristown
|
Offline
|
|
Anyone ever saw a deer that was just a runt or a midget. I'm pretty sure I saw one today. This deer acted like a mature doe and in no way did it act like a fawn. The deer with her was a little bigger and I think it might have been her fawn. The runt was in her fall grey coat and the bigger was in it's tan coat. Not sure but I might have saw a couple spots still on the bigger one's hind-quarters. Is this possible??
_________________________
"I'm a great believer in luck, I find the harder I work the more I have it" -Thomas Jefferson
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#2102430 - 10/07/10 07:55 PM
Re: Runt deer ????
[Re: whistlinwingman]
|
Andy S.
TnDeer Old Timer
12 Point
Registered: 07/26/99
Posts: 7200
Loc: Atoka, TN
|
|
Offline
|
|
Interesting you mention this. I killed what I now call a "runt deer" last weekend. When I was checking her out and preparing to pull her teeth everyone was discussing whether or not she was a early born fawn this year or a late born fawn last year. I was actually getting a lot of slack over it, my buds were ribbing me pretty good....UNTIL we pulled her teeth. Based on teeth wear, she was 2.5. I looked at the guys and said I got the runt. She had a small frame, the darker winter coat and dressed 50lbs.
_________________________
Andy S.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2102457 - 10/07/10 08:08 PM
Re: Runt deer ????
[Re: Andy S.]
|
whistlinwingman
8 Point
Registered: 07/11/05
Posts: 1824
Loc: Morristown
|
|
Offline
|
|
Interesting you mention this. I killed what I now call a "runt deer" last weekend. When I was checking her out and preparing to pull her teeth everyone was discussing whether or not she was a early born fawn this year or a late born fawn last year. I was actually getting a lot of slack over it, my buds were ribbing me pretty good....UNTIL we pulled her teeth. Based on teeth wear, she was 2.5. I looked at the guys and said I got the runt. She had a small frame, the darker winter coat and dressed 50lbs.
That's awesome! This deer would dress between 40 and 50 lbs. Her head and ears just had a full grown doe look but she was just tiny. The bigger deer with her had small ears in comparison.
_________________________
"I'm a great believer in luck, I find the harder I work the more I have it" -Thomas Jefferson
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2102693 - 10/07/10 10:04 PM
Re: Runt deer ????
[Re: whistlinwingman]
|
vanleerbuckbuster
8 Point
Registered: 10/04/09
Posts: 1138
Loc: Dickson, Tennessee
|
|
Offline
|
|
my brother in law got a 10 point last year that couldnt have dressed more than 80lbs i believe it was a runt deer
_________________________
i told my wife that i would only be fishing 1/2 a day. i assumed she new 12 hours was 1/2 a day!
born free
Thats gun lotion
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2102728 - 10/07/10 10:14 PM
Re: Runt deer ????
[Re: vanleerbuckbuster]
|
RUGER
Arachnophobic
Non-Typical
Registered: 11/19/99
Posts: 4097469
Loc: TN
|
|
Offline
|
|
I killed two deer at Lake Barkley State park in KY one year.
They were 5 1/2 and 4 1/2 respectively.
They weighed 82 and 78 pounds.
Looked like freaks. Even their ears were little.
Game wardens were freaking OUT about how big they were.
Strange.
_________________________
Youth is wasted on the young.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2102923 - 10/08/10 06:52 AM
Re: Runt deer ????
[Re: whistlinwingman]
|
MUP
Non-Typical
Registered: 08/01/07
Posts: 36181
Loc: Just North of Chatt-town
|
|
Offline
|
|
Yes, for a couple years straight I had this doe that was so short that her tail nearly drug the ground. I saw her a lot those two years, pretty cool.
_________________________
MUP
Amateurs: Built the Ark
Professionals: Built the Titanic
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
Moderator: RUGER, Tennessee Todd, Unicam, Cuttin Caller, CBU93, stretch, Bobby G, Outdoor Lady, TurkeyBurd
|
12107 Members
38 Forums
115857 Topics
1411160 Posts
Max Online: 756 @ 11/20/12 09:10 AM
|
|
|
The TnDeer.Com Deer Talk Forum is for Tennessee Deer Hunters by Tennessee Deer Hunters. If you enjoy using our Talk Forum and would like to contribute to help in it's up-keep. Just submit your contribution by clicking on the DONATE button below and paying with PayPal or a major credit card. Any amount is much appreciated. Thanks for your support!
|
|
|
