Explain This, Please

[Crappieaddict]

 

[megalomaniac]

so...

a boy deer and a girl deer fell in love..

 

[Crappieaddict]

so...

a boy deer and a girl deer fell in love..

Thank you! My other question is WHEN did they fall in love?

 

[wobblegobble]

That's crazy, what part of TN

 

[slabhead]

Monday I saw a little one with spots that had been hit by a car.

 

[themanpcl]

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You have to wonder....Can't really tell the age but it looks like a fawn born in Dec.... There have been a lot of pics/vids from late Jan and Feb with bucks still chasing. I guess it's possible that a yearling doe could come in that late?

 

[Crappieaddict]

That's crazy, what part of TN

East, Blount County

 

[CATCHDAWG]

so...

a boy deer and a girl deer fell in love..

Winner!

 

[timberjack86]

Summer rut?

 

[Snake]

Man this year is reallly weird.

 

[backyardtndeer]

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Just think, if that's a doe fawn, she'll likely get bred in a couple months....

 

[pockets]

Just think, if that's a doe fawn, she'll likely get bred in a couple months....

Apparently that's what her momma did..

 

[BSK]

In the Southeast, newborn fawns have been observed in every month of the year.

Normally, these are just rarities - those 0.01% percent of births. But this year? I think it will be more common to see really oddly timed births in 2026.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Apparently that's what her momma did..

Yep, like I said in another thread, may become somewhat of a repeating cycle.

 

[Griswold]

I have seen bucks breed not chase, in march and april in east tn

 

[Woodsman10]

So if it was born in December. Would breeding be done in like May or June right?
I don't see how that is physiologically possible.

Even though the proof is right here hahaha.

Doesn't bucks become infertile after their testosterone drops and they shed their antlers?

Or could it be some type of individual issue with this deer fawn itself? Could it have simply not ever shed its summer fawn coat and kept it all winter??

You don't ever know about deer in the south.

 

[Crappieaddict]

So if it was born in December. Would breeding be done in like May or June right?
I don't see how that is physiologically possible.

Even though the proof is right here hahaha.

Doesn't bucks become infertile after their testosterone drops and they shed their antlers?

Or could it be some type of individual issue with this deer fawn itself? Could it have simply not ever shed its summer fawn coat and kept it all winter??

You don't ever know about deer in the south.

If it in fact kept its summer fawn coat, then it migrated here from elsewhere. I run so many cameras, year around, it would have most definitely have shown on one of them. It's definitely a "true" fawn, but born this time of year baffles me.

 

[tdt5446]

so...

a boy deer and a girl deer fell in love..

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If there is a game farm nearby, it could be an escaped fallow or axis deer.

 

[Crappieaddict]

If there is a game farm nearby, it could be an escaped fallow or axis deer.

None that I am aware of.

 

[BPhunter]

Man this year is reallly weird.

You for sure got that right.
It's been like Spring here in Colorado since January. Very, very few cold days. Almost every day high 40's to high 60's and even low 70's. Still no snow and we live at 7350' elev. Crazy. But, mother nature does what she wants.

 

[BSK]

I have no doubt that is a young spotted white-tail fawn. Again, they have been documented every month of the year.

 

[pockets]

I just don't see how the momma nursed during winter. Plus as cold as it got, how it even survived. Not to mention the predators.

 

[Woodsman10]

If it in fact kept its summer fawn coat, then it migrated here from elsewhere. I run so many cameras, year around, it would have most definitely have shown on one of them. It's definitely a "true" fawn, but born this time of year baffles me.

I agree all the way . It's odd

 

[deerhunter10]

In the Southeast, newborn fawns have been observed in every month of the year.

Normally, these are just rarities - those 0.01% percent of births. But this year? I think it will be more common to see really oddly timed births in 2026.

For sure earlier then normal here this year.

Question is was it an anomaly or will this coming year see a similar early rut?

 

[BSK]

For sure earlier then normal here this year.

Question is was it an anomaly or will this coming year see a similar early rut?

Very good question. One of those things we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[deerhunter10]

Very good question. One of those things we'll just have to wait and see.

I would assume an outlier. With some of the state seemingly on time. Have to much work to be done before then to rush it. But I can't wait to see.

 

[BSK]

I would assume an outlier. With some of the state seemingly on time. Have to much work to be done before then to rush it. But I can't wait to see.

In 2022, in my area, we had a very late rut because of drought and an acorn crop failure. However, in 2023 with a good acorn crop, our peak breeding was right back to its normal timing. So, you never know.

 

[Popcorn]

We know a doe will repeat cycle till bred BUT

If a doe fails to cycle due to stress / health then regains health 4,5,6 months later will she then cycle?
We know that bucks are capable of of mating year round BUT
If a doe is bred then for what ever reason miscarries 3 months in will she / can she reset and begin to cycle again within a couple months rather than wait for the regular cycle?

 

[BSK]

We know a doe will repeat cycle till bred BUT

If a doe fails to cycle due to stress / health then regains health 4,5,6 months later will she then cycle?
We know that bucks are capable of of mating year round BUT
If a doe is bred then for what ever reason miscarries 3 months in will she / can she reset and begin to cycle again within a couple months rather than wait for the regular cycle?

Don't know of any studies concerning those questions Popcorn.

 

[Wooden Arrow]

bucks can supposedly breed until hormones drop & they lose their antlers. but i've seen deer still carrying antlers clean up till end of turkey season, so...