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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5493013" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>I was fully expecting our rut to be a week late this year due to less than optimal food quality from Sept till Nov due to lack of rain and no acorn crop. But I guess the regularly spaced out rains all summer on the ag fields gave the deer enough of a jump before the big drought hit to keep the does in good enough condition to ovulate on time. </p><p></p><p>The one HUGE difference this year from the past decade was the insane numbers of fawns that survived the summer. I ended up with a 50% fawn recruitment rate this year ( normally 10 to 20%). Something wiped out my coyotes (maybe distemper) and the fawns really benefitted. Never heard a single howl in the evenings (normal to hear 3 or 4 packs), only shot 4 while hunting (normally shoot 10 to 12). I was wondering if the drastic change in fawn recruitment may affect rut timing, but it didnt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5493013, member: 2805"] I was fully expecting our rut to be a week late this year due to less than optimal food quality from Sept till Nov due to lack of rain and no acorn crop. But I guess the regularly spaced out rains all summer on the ag fields gave the deer enough of a jump before the big drought hit to keep the does in good enough condition to ovulate on time. The one HUGE difference this year from the past decade was the insane numbers of fawns that survived the summer. I ended up with a 50% fawn recruitment rate this year ( normally 10 to 20%). Something wiped out my coyotes (maybe distemper) and the fawns really benefitted. Never heard a single howl in the evenings (normal to hear 3 or 4 packs), only shot 4 while hunting (normally shoot 10 to 12). I was wondering if the drastic change in fawn recruitment may affect rut timing, but it didnt. [/QUOTE]
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