Rural/Farm Life

GulfCoast66

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1. Not uncommon at all

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 06:29 PM

Apr 2017

When the adult doe went into estrus this past fall a buck chased off the siblings and she is now most likely pregnant again. This is a very vulnerable time for yearlings in the wild. They may hang together all summer but next fall the maiden doe will go into estrus and a buck will run her brother off. He will be a button buck and try to breed also but will be rejected by most does and get the shit kicked out of him by nature bucks.

He may breed by the time he is 3 if he avoids hunters, coyotes, dogs and cars.

Enjoy watching while they are around.

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Don't know where else to ask this question. Last spring a whitetail [View all] sinkingfeeling Apr 2017 OP

Not uncommon at all GulfCoast66 Apr 2017 #1

Thanks, that makes me happy. sinkingfeeling Apr 2017 #6

What GulfCoast wrote TexasProgresive Apr 2017 #2

GulfCoast is spot on... Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #3

Sinking I know you have good intentions FakeNoose Apr 2017 #4

Thank you. I live in a woods with a creek, downhill from vacant land. sinkingfeeling Apr 2017 #8

Just a possible heads up on feeding deer... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #5

Not in one of those counties. That list looks like the one where sinkingfeeling Apr 2017 #7

I guess I just read your first post carefully and had my attention called to the feeding deer part GulfCoast66 Apr 2017 #9

we see the same family group for a cpl years samnsara Jan 2018 #10