When do white tail have their fawns?

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Posted: 7/12/2015 7:12:40 PM EDT

First off I am in Louisiana. My question is when do white tail have their fawns? I checked my cameras this morning July 12th and there is a very fat, not with fat I mean, but she looks like she is about ready to pop. I keep corn in the feeder year round.

Wolf

Posted: 7/12/2015 7:24:57 PM EDT

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Here are a couple pictures of her

Wolf

Posted: 7/12/2015 7:53:05 PM EDT

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Im my area, deer rut in mid november and fawns are born the first few weeks of June. When is your rut?

Posted: 7/12/2015 8:28:27 PM EDT

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Im my area, deer rut in mid november and fawns are born the first few weeks of June. When is your rut?

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Not unusual to have some pregnant does running around this time of year. I've recently seen some that just dropped, hoofprints the size of nickels. Depends on which cycle they were bred in. Some does don't get bred the first time around, so they come in again. I think they may even come in a third time.

Posted: 7/12/2015 8:40:28 PM EDT

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Along with what the other posters say, it depends on when she was bred. Ruts in the southeast vary greatly. Some say it is because of the restocking back in the day of northern deer and how their rhythm got thrown off because winter days down here are still somewhat longer than ones from up north. For example, in North AL where I'm from the rut doesn't hit till January, but go 2 hours directly west into MS and it hits around thanksgiving. I know in south AL it doesn't hit till February. Late dropped fawns that are does are on a cycle, so if they are late to be dropped, their estrous cycle will also be late. I've shot does in early November in north MS that were still lactating (no fawn in sight).

Posted: 7/12/2015 8:58:40 PM EDT

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Been seeing a few spotted Black-tail fawns around Kodiak in the last few days.

Posted: 7/12/2015 10:13:50 PM EDT

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In my AO most WT Does have already fawned, the youngest I saw was three weeks ago a few hours old, still weak at the knees.

Posted: 7/12/2015 10:47:16 PM EDT

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We are seeing a bunch of new fawns around here right now. Just born in the last few weeks.

Posted: 7/13/2015 12:03:46 AM EDT

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Our rut is usually around Christmas to new years. They should be dropping now.

Posted: 7/13/2015 9:31:04 AM EDT

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Mid-Nov rut here, most fawns are born late May/early June.

Posted: 7/13/2015 9:31:18 AM EDT

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Yep; depends when they were bred. I saw 2 very nice looking fawns yesterday - they weren't newly dropped.

Posted: 7/13/2015 4:34:47 PM EDT

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rut hits up here in virginia around the middle to end of october, fawns hit the ground around the end of april- beginning of may

Posted: 7/13/2015 4:41:13 PM EDT

[#12]

Quit being stingy and show us the buck pics.....we know you got em.......

Posted: 7/13/2015 10:06:29 PM EDT

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I had all kind of pictures of hem. Had a hard drive crash. Lost most of my pictures from last year and the year before. A lot of my pictures are on photobucket though. He came out the day after season closed this year, nice eight point. But I got both of his suns though. They both needed to go, nothing but cow horn spikes. If daddy steps out of the shadows where I can see hem I will get hem too. Took both with my DPMS home built LR308A2 Carbine.

Took first one on Jan 2 2015

Took the second on Jan 4 2015. He ended up feeding the worms though First shot hit just above backbone, that was with rifle nocked hem down. When I got down of my stand and go check hem out. I got within about fifty feet from it, when her jumped up and started to run. No rifle, rifle is back in the stand, so I pulled my 1911. First shot took off right antler, second shot back of head just bellow right antler. Second shot was at about 150 feet from me and growing. Second shot ended it all. .

Wolf

Posted: 7/13/2015 11:04:40 PM EDT

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I had all kind of pictures of hem. Had a hard drive crash. Lost most of my pictures from last year and the year before. A lot of my pictures are on photobucket though. He came out the day after season closed this year, nice eight point. But I got both of his suns though. They both needed to go, nothing but cow horn spikes. If daddy steps out of the shadows where I can see hem I will get hem too. Took both with my DPMS home built LR308A2 Carbine.

Took first one on Jan 2 2015

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Took the second on Jan 4 2015. He ended up feeding the worms though First shot hit just above backbone, that was with rifle nocked hem down. When I got down of my stand and go check hem out. I got within about fifty feet from it, when her jumped up and started to run. No rifle, rifle is back in the stand, so I pulled my 1911. First shot took off right antler, second shot back of head just bellow right antler. Second shot was at about 150 feet from me and growing. Second shot ended it all. .

<a href="http://s142.photobucket.com/user/39wolfgang/media/Flecktarn%20Camo%20and%20My%20Guns/Deer%20Kills%202015/002%20%20%20%20%2001-04-15%20%20%20%20%20Deer%20Kills%20Wolfworms/004_zpsumjrxf46.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/39wolfgang/Flecktarn%20Camo%20and%20My%20Guns/Deer%20Kills%202015/002%20%20%20%20%2001-04-15%20%20%20%20%20Deer%20Kills%20Wolfworms/004_zpsumjrxf46.jpg</a>

<a href="http://s142.photobucket.com/user/39wolfgang/media/Flecktarn%20Camo%20and%20My%20Guns/Deer%20Kills%202015/002%20%20%20%20%2001-04-15%20%20%20%20%20Deer%20Kills%20Wolfworms/002_zps6bea0619.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/39wolfgang/Flecktarn%20Camo%20and%20My%20Guns/Deer%20Kills%202015/002%20%20%20%20%2001-04-15%20%20%20%20%20Deer%20Kills%20Wolfworms/002_zps6bea0619.jpg</a>

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Do you normally shoot spikes?

Posted: 7/13/2015 11:16:52 PM EDT

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YES! Meat is meat. I am not a horn hunter. I also shot Does on Doe days. Those spikes are two year olds, and they would have always been a spike.

Wolf

Posted: 7/16/2015 12:09:26 AM EDT

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Deer have a gestation period of around 190-210 days. Around here they fawn out from mid-June to mid-July.

Posted: 7/16/2015 12:57:30 AM EDT

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Deer have a gestation period of around 190-210 days. Around here they fawn out from mid-June to mid-July.

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It’s the same hear I found out. So she's about to droop any day now. I’ll be watching them too when she brings them out to the feeder. I keep the feeder full of corn year round and the cameras going.

Wolf

Posted: 8/2/2015 12:54:19 PM EDT

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YES! Meat is meat. I am not a horn hunter. I also shot Does on Doe days. Those spikes are two year olds, and they would have always been a spike.

Wolf

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I used to follow this line of reasoning as well, but research shows this isn't always the case. Lots of variables come into play for antler development, and genetics is just one of them. Obviously, genetics is the key to moster growth, but diet, age, time of the year the buck was born, etc all come into play to some extent. He might be a spike at 2yo, but he may have been a respectable 8pt at 3yo.

I'm not knocking you on the spikes. I've shot my fair share as well. Meat is meat.

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