Last week my husband took his 3rd Doe of the season with his bow on a property owned by the University which is trying to reduce the Deer herd #'s thru Bowhunters.
Upon field dressing the 6 1/2 year old very healthy and fat doe he came upon this approx 1 inch deer fetus...... we could make out 4 legs, ribs and 2 small black dots as the eyes.
Call me morbid but I found it very interesting to see from many aspects, the size of growth of the fetus this late in the season, the deer #'s we might have really reduced and or mantained the herd over our many years of bowhunting( had the fetus's of all the Doe's we have taken through out the yearsmade it to birth and then survived the #'s of fawn mortality), Why only one fetus in such a extremely healthy mature doe where twin and triplet fawn'sare not the minority? Wonder how many other hunters have come across fetus's before or are my husband and I the only Freaks out there looking[X(]
Just really made me stop and think ...... like the old Illinois Buttons used to say.... I Took A Doe So The Herd Wont Grow.
Some of you may find this picture below graphic but to me this is just a small part of the reality of hunting in my opinion.....
And I am sure all the PETA Members will have Kitten's over this Pic....

The pic isnt that great since I only had my cell phone to take the pic with.
The Fetus is the small blob on the left of the photo with the amniotic sack to the right.