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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5187573" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Although it is true that breeding/fawn drop has been documented during nearly every month of the year, that is just Nature at work. Nature gets around to trying everything. This allows Natural Selection to take place. Those fawns dropped at the optimum times will have the highest chance of survival and to pass on any unique breeding timing that is genetically linked. This is how unique optimum breeding/fawning times develop in individual locations. For example, peak breeding in July/August works best in the Florida Everglades. Peak breeding in September is best for the coastal Carolina region. Peak breeding in December works best for southern TX. Peak breeding in early November works for the northern tier of states.</p><p></p><p>However, having breeding spread out over a long time period <u>in one location</u> is definitely NOT good for the deer population, especially in regions (most of their range) where predators that focus on killing and eating fawns predominate, such as coyotes. In those regions, Nature has developed the process of "prey saturation," where the highest percentage of the fawn crop for that year all hit the ground about the same time. This allows predators only a brief period to eat defenseless fawns and reduce the total fawn crop.</p><p></p><p>Bucks displaying rutting behavior in late summer is simply due to the surge of testosterone their bodies produce to shed velvet, and in spring, to start the new antler growth process.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5187573, member: 17"] Although it is true that breeding/fawn drop has been documented during nearly every month of the year, that is just Nature at work. Nature gets around to trying everything. This allows Natural Selection to take place. Those fawns dropped at the optimum times will have the highest chance of survival and to pass on any unique breeding timing that is genetically linked. This is how unique optimum breeding/fawning times develop in individual locations. For example, peak breeding in July/August works best in the Florida Everglades. Peak breeding in September is best for the coastal Carolina region. Peak breeding in December works best for southern TX. Peak breeding in early November works for the northern tier of states. However, having breeding spread out over a long time period [U]in one location[/U] is definitely NOT good for the deer population, especially in regions (most of their range) where predators that focus on killing and eating fawns predominate, such as coyotes. In those regions, Nature has developed the process of "prey saturation," where the highest percentage of the fawn crop for that year all hit the ground about the same time. This allows predators only a brief period to eat defenseless fawns and reduce the total fawn crop. Bucks displaying rutting behavior in late summer is simply due to the surge of testosterone their bodies produce to shed velvet, and in spring, to start the new antler growth process. [/QUOTE]
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