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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 4190672" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>I suspect anyone who has deer hunted in TN for a decade or more will have seen a spotted fawn in November, so late conceptions DO occur. However, I also believe late conceptions are far more rare than the OBSERVED late chasing/tending suggests. In every study I've seen, including with penned deer, from 5 to 10% of adult females never conceive, no matter how many times they are bred. Some female deer are barren just as some human women cannot conceive. However, most of these barren does still enter estrus, and are chased and bred, often multiple times during their 24-48 hour estrus period. Yet because they are incapable of conceiving, they keep coming back into estrus every 28-30 days throughout the winter months and even into the spring months. I believe these chases/tendings are what most of us are seeing in March and even into early April. The doe IS in estrus, and will be bred, but she will not produce a fawn from this late breeding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 4190672, member: 17"] I suspect anyone who has deer hunted in TN for a decade or more will have seen a spotted fawn in November, so late conceptions DO occur. However, I also believe late conceptions are far more rare than the OBSERVED late chasing/tending suggests. In every study I've seen, including with penned deer, from 5 to 10% of adult females never conceive, no matter how many times they are bred. Some female deer are barren just as some human women cannot conceive. However, most of these barren does still enter estrus, and are chased and bred, often multiple times during their 24-48 hour estrus period. Yet because they are incapable of conceiving, they keep coming back into estrus every 28-30 days throughout the winter months and even into the spring months. I believe these chases/tendings are what most of us are seeing in March and even into early April. The doe IS in estrus, and will be bred, but she will not produce a fawn from this late breeding. [/QUOTE]
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