thundermug, this is the kind of stuff i'm looking for. interesting to note that theory. makes sense to me. also interesting to note, alsheimer has a theory that follows somewhat along the same lines. he states (and someone please correct me if i'm wrong) that does are bred under the window following the full moon so they will drop their fawns under a darker moon 199 days later in the spring. the darker moon offers protection to the new fawns.

(i hope i'm stating that correctly. if not, someone please correct me as i don't want to misquote him.)