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Old 04-19-2008 | 06:23 PM
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ok so in Florida they are breeding from July till February? Our climate doesnt very that much. Sheesh.
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Old 04-19-2008 | 10:23 PM
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k so in Florida they are breeding from July till February? Our climate doesnt very that much. Sheesh.
south of the 30 degrees latitude especially there is less need to have a timed specific rut....north of this line fawns need to be born during a certain time in order to give them a better chance of survival, south of this there are less environmental stresses so fawns can be born during a wider time period.
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Old 04-20-2008 | 06:59 PM
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After looking at some of the information, the final answer is, "it depends". If it was moon phase or length of light in the day then the breeding periods would be roughly the same in a region of the country, and it isn't. I know about 25 years ago I hunted about 30 miles east of where I do now and the rut was a month and a half earlier than it is now. They are still scraping the middle of April where I hunt.
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