My buddy was hunting this past weekend at a farm we'll be at this weekend.....Anyway, he had a doe and fawn close to him saturday morning. He said the doe herself was pretty small, and he estimated that the fawn didn't weigh over 50 pounds. For this time of year, and this area, that is SMALL....

Anyway, to quote him...."I didn't shoot the doe because she was bleeding bad enough I thought a buck might be following her." The rut is close I guess, that's for sure. He also said the fawn was still nursing.....

What gives? Isn't it late in the year for fawns that small, and nursing?? What's up w/ the bleeding? I don't understand the menstrual cycle of animals, but I am assuming that's what is going on??? Wouldn't that also indicate she was also in heat recently, or is just about too??