Couple Questions
 

1.When do the fawns up North (Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and PA) lose their spots?

2.When does the rut arrive in these areas (generally)?

3.What month do your deer sightings begin to taper off?

Thanks, LT

RE: Couple Questions
 

1. They've already lost their spots here.
2. First week or so in November.
3. As soon as Shotgun season opens in December the deer get scarce.

RE: Couple Questions
 

1.When do the fawns up North (Minnesota) lose their spots? September some time. It varies.

2.When does the rut arrive in these areas (generally)? Chasing gets going around here in the area I hunt right around the 1st week of November. This also varies.

3.What month do your deer sightings begin to taper off? ?? Not sure what your asking here.

RE: Couple Questions
 

It depends when the were born and how many were born. I've seen many single fawns out of spots already here in Ohio. Twins and triplets seem to have spots still.

The middle to late part of the 2nd week of Novemberis generally the best hunting week. The action tapers off as the actual breeding starts, about late through the 3rd week of November.

Sightings are toughest in mid October after the summer patterns disappear and the rut is a distant hope.

RE: Couple Questions
 

Steve, I am just assuming that deer sightings in most states start to fizzle the later it gets in the season. ie., when gun season is open/over, after the rut, etc.

The reason I am asking is I am starting to do a little studying on how far apart these things occur (North compared to South)

Thanks, LT

LT

RE: Couple Questions
 

I guess I've never really noticed them tapering off any. I just change my hunting up a little and hunt different areas after the gun season and when the snow hits the ground in December.

RE: Couple Questions
 

Down here it gets tough during gun season and after. Sometimes if you can get in a secluded thicket, you may get back on them late season. It gets tough though.

LT

RE: Couple Questions
 

I actually see more deer the last week of December/first week of January than I do from like November 24-December 24. Maybe it is decreasing hunting pressure or the deers need to be on their feet during daylight hours to eat and survive...or a combo of both factors.

RE: Couple Questions
 

They lose them the end of Aug through Sept. I have seen spotted fawns in Oct but they are usually late births.


Nov 15th is usually peak, plus or minus a few days.

Our season ends the second week of Nov. Rarely have I been in the woods after that as there is no open season. The 3 days prior to Thanksgiving is our 3 day bear season, the deer sightings taper because of human intervention. The Monday after Thanksgiving is our slaughter season. Deer are scarce after that.


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RE: Couple Questions
 

Fawns will generally lose their spots in Sept here. But there have been known cases where some hold onto them through Nov. The rut in Wi usually starts about the first orsecond week of Nov. During bow season I see fewer deer the 3rd week in Oct, this being what I have experienced since I started bow hunting and believe this is the lull. The the last week of Oct the deer come crawling out of the wood work when the seeking phase kicks in.