NY buck breeding doe pic 9/10/05
09-22-2005, 01:06 PM
#17
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brockport, NY
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RE: NY buck breeding doe pic 9/10/05
Its really not happening at all, trust me! Deer mount each other all year long, in every month, males and females on other males and/or females...honest! Not all mounting is copulation...
09-22-2005, 01:09 PM
#18
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brockport, NY
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RE: NY buck breeding doe pic 9/10/05
Shoot, Im sorry guys, I got sidetracked and hit the submit key too soon. To finish my thought, if he were to actually be impregnating that doe would put a fawn on the ground next spring in late March or early April.
Still, a funny photo nonetheless...
Still, a funny photo nonetheless...
09-23-2005, 09:19 AM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
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RE: NY buck breeding doe pic 9/10/05
The scent makers bottle up estrous doe urine as early as September in some cases.
This isn't the norm, but it does sometimes happen. The bucks are actually sterile until their antlers harden and are ready anytime after that until antler drop. The does readiness dictates the rut.
Since this doe is standing still and not trotting away like you usually see from a non-receptive doe, I'd say she was one of those rare "early birds."
This isn't the norm, but it does sometimes happen. The bucks are actually sterile until their antlers harden and are ready anytime after that until antler drop. The does readiness dictates the rut.
Since this doe is standing still and not trotting away like you usually see from a non-receptive doe, I'd say she was one of those rare "early birds."