ORIGINAL: janesburg
ORIGINAL: bemidjihunter
Intresting side note-a doe will almost always concieve two fawns. If the winter is severe enough or if food is scarce enough, one will be misscaried. And if the option is there, it will always be the male. I'm not sure why.
I've heard of the doe aborting a fetus if it can't support it (hard winter). I've never heard that the doe will always abort the male. Where did you get that information?
I'm not sure where it came from, but it makes total sense. In order for mother nature to sustain a population, it would make sense for the males to be dropped. If the females were dropped, then the next year (after an already tough season) there would be that many less does to restore the herd.