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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5492737" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>My experience has been that the rut here in southern middle TN starts in October and runs through season. I don't know if I'd call it a trickle as much as more like see-saw. It's hot then not, then hot, then not. </p><p></p><p>Below is a pic of spotted fawns on the 20th of November. Whitetail gestation is 201 days. Fawns lose spots 90-120 days after birth. If these fawns lost their spots today it would put them being conceived at the very latest 10.5 months ago, so mid February. Clearly they are not losing their spots today, so it's safe to assume their momma was likely bred sometime in the month of March. I've got trail cam info showing bucks clearly scraping and acting rutty in March, and these fawns are a prime example of why. It's because rut is still going on into spring. While this is not representative of typical breeding timeframe, it's not at all abnormal. I see at least a few spotted fawns this late every year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5492737, member: 20583"] My experience has been that the rut here in southern middle TN starts in October and runs through season. I don't know if I'd call it a trickle as much as more like see-saw. It's hot then not, then hot, then not. Below is a pic of spotted fawns on the 20th of November. Whitetail gestation is 201 days. Fawns lose spots 90-120 days after birth. If these fawns lost their spots today it would put them being conceived at the very latest 10.5 months ago, so mid February. Clearly they are not losing their spots today, so it's safe to assume their momma was likely bred sometime in the month of March. I've got trail cam info showing bucks clearly scraping and acting rutty in March, and these fawns are a prime example of why. It's because rut is still going on into spring. While this is not representative of typical breeding timeframe, it's not at all abnormal. I see at least a few spotted fawns this late every year. [/QUOTE]
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