Bbearfax

More like the 5th or 6th estrous.

bscofield

It's my understanding that the reason we have a 'rut' is because that is when does come into heat after having given birth earlier in the year... i wouldn't assume that it is the rarest thing in the world to have had a doe come into heat outside of the 'norm' and then give birth at a weird time. I've never seen it- but what do I know!?

Bbearfax

She will come in to heat just like a human woman that is not preganet. Once a month like clock work. Most of the time a buck only has enough testostrone to actually want to breed from the time he sheds his velvet till his antlers drop.

NYak

Saw a doe with her fawn about 2 weeks ago. Fawn was really small and had all of its spots still! Spots were bright white and had no signs of fading yet. Seen a few fawns since then and all of them have lost their spots completely.

buckandbronco

It is unusual, but not unheard of, to have fawns born this late. I have seen nearly term fetuses in does killed in September. Ieven have a picture of twonear term fetuses, butdon't think I'llpost it.This tends to happen more often with young does. A small percentage of doe fawns will go into estrous very late, and consequently be bred very late. As has already been said, it also tends to happen more when buck to doe ratios are very skewed.

BTBowhunter

I have seen two spotted fawns in December. One in Pennsylvania about 5 years ago and one in Illinois last year. If the doe fails to breed she will come back into estrous every month till she gets pregnant. I also believe that does that miscarry will come back into estrous.

A fawn like the one you saw has a very slim chance of survival in the northern states. The one I saw last December was on a very bitter cold day. It was barely able to move, was alone and looked near death. After watching itfor a while, I decided not to let it suffer any more.

MikeyL24

Yea...I can't see a fawn suriving a winter in the area's I hunt in at this time of year.

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