First Fawn on the ground

wobblegobble

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They are just hitting the ground in our area and will continue to drop through September!

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We are in southern middle TN, people tell us every year we are crazy when we say our first rut is in mid to late December!
 

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BSK

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I have fawns currently loosing spots and does still pregnant. Amazing!
We have a VERY early rut on my place, yet every year I had a particular doe that would still be pregnant when I would start my photo census in early August. Individual deer are just that, individuals. Some does have a very late estrus built into their DNA.
 

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We have a VERY early rut on my place, yet every year I had a particular doe that would still be pregnant when I would start my photo census in early August. Individual deer are just that, individuals. Some does have a very late estrus built into their DNA.
They are everywhere in between also. It tells me that you've got a chance to kill a bucks chasing a doe anytime from early Oct till close of season!
 

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They are everywhere in between also. It tells me that you've got a chance to kill a bucks chasing a doe anytime from early Oct till close of season!
That is correct. The "peak" of breeding, in a well balanced deer herd, lasts about 5 weeks. That "peak" is defined by 95% of conceptions. But that still leaves 5%. That 5% could be at any time. In addition, you have does that are incapable of conceiving, and this may be as much as 5% of all adult females. These does will come back into estrus over and over, with bucks chasing them each time, right into spring.
 
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